# Incident 20020527020899I: Piper PA28R200, Gary, IN, May 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7627D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7627D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 50 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/20020527020899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT TRANSITIONING FROM CLIMB TO CRUISE, THE ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND REATTACHED ITSELF TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE A/C RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE AIRPORT. DAMAGE CONFINED TO WINDSCREEN AND TRAILING EDGE OF THE PROPELLER. COWLING DESTROYED. WINDSCREEN CRACKED. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED CONCERNING THOROUGH PREFLIGHT ACTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

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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