# Incident 20030531012049I: Piper PA32300, Denver, CO, May 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2003, 19:13 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JCNA
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4087R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4087R) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531012049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM DENVER CENTENNIAL (APA) TO PUEBLO CO (PUB), APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTH OF APA, PILOT CONTACTED ATC TO INFORM THAT HIS ENGINE WAS FAILING AND THAT HE WAS LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO DAMAGE WAS INCURRED BY THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, RESTARTED AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED FROM FIELD AFTER CONTACTING ATC.

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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