# Incident 19870520036289I: Piper PA32R300, Gainesville, GA, May 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1987, 13:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SBRA
- Location: 34.2726° N, 83.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE GILMER MEML (GVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2726&lon=-83.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6291J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6291J-2012-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870520036289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT TOP SIDE OF ENGINE COWL CAME LOOSE EN ROUTE.  SAFE LANDING.  COWLING FASTNER HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N6291J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090122002879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090122002879I), Jan 22, 2009: Piper PA32R300 (N6291J), Macon, GA, Minor damage. About 10 miles out, aircraft was cleared to land runway 23. During the right base leg pilot slowed the aircraft to 130 knots, and extended the landing gear.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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