# Incident 20020628015979I: Piper PA32300, Jasper, AL, June 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Jasper, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8511° N, 87.2683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8511&lon=-87.2683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 45 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020628015979I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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