# Incident 19951003034379I: Piper PA32R301, Fisher Island, NY, October 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fisher Island, NY
- Airport: Elizabeth Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2521° N, 72.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH FLD (0B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2521&lon=-72.0316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9191V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9191V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 50 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951003034379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THE AFTERNOON OF 10-3-95, PRIVATE PILOT WILLIAM NAPPA WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT N9191V ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM GROTON,CT TO INTENDED DESTINATION OF ISP NY. AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. AT 4,000 FT. 1 OR 2 MILES NORTH OF SHELTER ISLAND, NY THE UPPER COWLING CAME LOOSE AND BLEW OFF THE AIRCRAFT. AS IT DID IT STRUCK THE WINDSCREEN AND CRACKED IT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE COWLING DROPPED INTO THE OCEAN. PILOT NAPPA TOLD ATC HE HAD AN EMERGENCY AND WAS ELECTING TO MAKE A LANDING AT FISHER ISLAND ELIZABETH FIELD. PILOT NAPPA STATED HE COULDN'T SEE OUT THE FRONT WINDSCREEN DUE TO THE OIL. HE WAS USING THE SIDE WINDOWS. HE CALLED IN ON UNICOM THAT HE WAS MAKING EMERGENCY LANDING AT ELIZABETH FIELD. HE DID CIRCLE AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 30. ON LANDING HE STOMPED ON THE BRAKES BECAUSE HE COULDN'T SEE FORWARD. CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY BUT DID SOME DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. MECHANICS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVED THAT ONLY HALF THE COWLING HAD TORN AWAY. THE LEFT HALF WAS STILL SECURED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COWLING HAD COME LOOSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE IN THIS INCIDENT.

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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