# Incident 20020102000049I: Piper PA28R180, Henderson, KY, January 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2002, 23:30 local time
- Place: Henderson, KY
- Airport: Henderson City-County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8078° N, 87.6884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON CITY-COUNTY (EHR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8078&lon=-87.6884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4588J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4588J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 526 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020102000049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 2, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 CST, A PIPER PA-28-180 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING RESULTING FROM SEPARATION OF COWLING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE COWLING IMPACTED THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO SHATTER. THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING THE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR 91 UNDER VFR FROM CHAMPAIGN, IL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT MADE BY THE PILOT, HE INDICATED THAT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY STARTING THE ENGINE DUE TO THE STARTER BENDIX FAILING TO ENGAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM LINE PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS ABLE TO START THE ENGINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE COWLING WAS NEVER REMOVED PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE FLIGHT. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VFR.

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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