# Incident 19940724030109I: Piper PA24180, Brandenburg, KY, July 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1994, 16:00 local time
- Place: Brandenburg, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9971° N, 86.1801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brandenburg, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9971&lon=-86.1801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7644P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7644P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 27 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940724030109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIC STATED WHILE ENROUTE TO VINE GROVE, KY ARPT (KY-70) FROM DAVIES CO ARPT. IN, THE CABIN DOOR LATCH CAME UNFASTENED. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT BRANDENBURG, KY AND CLOSE THE DOOR. A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED BUT WAS LONG SO HE DECIDED TO ABORT, WHILE TAKING OFF THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THREE FENCE POLES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE DECIDED TO GO TO THE FT. KNOX, KY AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO HORIZONTAL STABILATOR AND WINGS. FILING OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N7644P (1)

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

- [Incident 20000813029809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000813029809I), Aug 13, 2000: Piper PA24 (N7644P), Tipton, IN. (-23)See IGL112000053

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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