20020628015979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Jasper, AL · June 28, 2002

Date: June 28, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place: Jasper, AL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N77SB
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 139 total45 in this make and model29 in the last 90 days

N77SBRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7740086 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft on VFR flight from tulsa, OK. To pell city, AL. With three passengers on board. Aircraft engine quit and pilot executed an emergency landing in a field in walker county, AL. Aircraft touched down 200 feet south of a fence impacted the fence veered left and came to a stop. Damage to the aircraft: left tip tank crushed and leaking, left main tank caved in at leading edge, nose wheel fairing destroyed, left wheel fairing destroyed, exhaust system broken at exhaust inlet weld, dented right lower cowling, dented right wing root, scrape marks lower side both wings.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON VFR FLIGHT FROM TULSA, OK. TO PELL CITY, AL. WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AND PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD IN WALKER COUNTY, AL. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN 200 FEET SOUTH OF A FENCE IMPACTED THE FENCE VEERED LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: LEFT TIP TANK CRUSHED AND LEAKING, LEFT MAIN TANK CAVED IN AT LEADING EDGE, NOSE WHEEL FAIRING DESTROYED, LEFT WHEEL FAIRING DESTROYED, EXHAUST SYSTEM BROKEN AT EXHAUST INLET WELD, DENTED RIGHT LOWER COWLING, DENTED RIGHT WING ROOT, SCRAPE MARKS LOWER SIDE BOTH WINGS.