# Accident 20000903043359A: Piper PA32R301, South Kingston, RI, September 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2000, 13:46 local time
- Place: South Kingston, RI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6818° N, 71.5108° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6818&lon=-71.5108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8230G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8230G-2000-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,289 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000903043359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP IN FLIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE ONLY ITEM FOUND ABNORMAL WAS A BROKEN SHAFT ON THE VACUUM/PRESSURE GYROSCOPIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENT POWER SYSTEM (AIR PUMP). THE GYROS HAD NO IMPACT MARKS WHEN DISASSEMBLED BY THE NTSB INSPECTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA248), Sep 3, 2000: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8230G), South Kingstown, RI, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control, and his subsequent overstress of the airplane after a vacuum system failure during flight in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors included the instrument…

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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