# Incident 19940725030739I: Piper PA32301, Huntersville, NC, July 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1994, 18:55 local time
- Place: Huntersville, NC
- Airport: Bradford Fld Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4087° N, 80.7942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADFORD FLD (NC05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4087&lon=-80.7942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8213X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8213X-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940725030739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 25, 1994, AIRCRAFT N8213X WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 22 OF STANLY COUNTY AIRPORT, ALBEMARLE, NC. THE AIRCRAFT WAS A PIPER SARATOGA PA-32-301 AND WAS PILOTED BY MR. JAMES P. RHODES. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1855 EDT AND INVOLVED AN ENGINE FAILURE JUST AFTER DEPARTURE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CROSSING THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL. WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS, THE ENGINE RESTARTED, RAN A FEW MINUTES AND THEN ABRUPTLY QUIT AGAIN. THE PILOT THEN CONFIRMED THAT THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS ON AND SELECTED THE OPPOSITE FUEL TANK. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESTART. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT ALONG CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 22. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED A BROKEN LEFT MAIN GEAR, BENT LEFT FLAP, BENT PROPELLER BLADES, DENTED RIGHT STABILATOR LEADING EDGE. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE LEFT SEAT, WERE INJURED. THE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FULL FUEL TANKS AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF CONTAMINATED FUEL.

## Other reports on N8213X (1)

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

- [Accident 20200920016179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200920016179A), Sep 20, 2020: Piper PA-32-301 (N8213X), Kokomo, IN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. The flight departed Sunday morning; September 20, 2020 under visual flight rules (VFR) from the Glenndale Airport (8I3), located in Kokomo, Indiana. The local…

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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