# Incident 20000805035549I: Piper PA28R201, La Verne, CA, August 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2000, 16:56 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47455-2009-08-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000805035549I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 8/5/00 THE COMPANY PILOT WAS GIVING A CHECK OUT TO AN AIRCRAFT RENTER. ON THE SECOND TOUCH AND GO GOING THROUGH CLIMBOUT, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COWLING OPENED.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE ORIGINATING AIRPORT, BRACKETT AIRPORT, LA VERNE, CA.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE COWLING STAYED WITH THE AIRCRAFT TILL GROUND EFFECT THEN IT DEAPRTED WITHOUT HITTING THE AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT SHOWED THAT THE LEFT SIDE HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY ATTACHED.  INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED THE OTHER FAILED TO PROPERLY ATTACH THE COWLING.  FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEWS, THIS OFFICE MADE A SAFETY RECOMMENDATION TO COMPANY MANAGEMENT,TO PUBLISH A PROCEDURE TO ALL AIRCRAFT RENTERS,AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS TO FOLLOW WHEN REMOVING COWLINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY AN IMPROPERLY SECURED COWLING.

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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