# Accident 20030928025869A: Piper PA28180, Talladega, AL, September 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2003, 19:39 local time
- Place: Talladega, AL
- Airport: Talladega Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5697° N, 86.0508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5697&lon=-86.0508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2342T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2342T-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 46 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928025869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE "FELT SLUGGISH ON TAKE OFF ROLL AND LOST POWER ON INITIAL CLIMB. INSPECTOR WHO WITNESSED ACCIDENT STATED THAT AIRCRAFT STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET OF ALTITUDE AND IMPACTED ON EAST SIDE OF RWY 21, SLIDING APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AND COMING TO REST ON RWY 21 NEAR THE THRESHOLD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL03LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA148), Sep 29, 2003: Piper PA-28-180 (N2342T), Talladega, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat when weather conditions were favorable for carburetor icing.

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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