# Incident 19970824034509I: Piper AEROSTAR 601P, La Porte, TX, August 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: La Porte, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6674° N, 95.0491° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Porte, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6674&lon=-95.0491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970824034509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAPORT, TEXAS WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT OVER THE GULF. MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT LAPORT, TX WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT NOR ANYONE ON THE WATER.

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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