# Incident 19950205003419I: Piper PA28R180, Charleston, SC, February 5, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1995, 08:38 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3721T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 16 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950205003419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE TOP ENGINE COWL CAME OFF ON DESCENT AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. THE PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE COWLING AND LATCHES THAT SEPARATED WERE NOT RECOVERED. THE LEFT FRONT LATCH AND A PIECE OF THE TOP COWL REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE LATCH WAS BENT AND TWISTED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LATCHES WERE CHECKED ON PREFLIGHT AND WERE PROPERLY SECURED. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION CAN BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT THE MISSING COWLING AND LATCHES.

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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