# Incident 20031022026329I: Piper PA32R300, Rock Hill, SC, October 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: Rock Hill/York Co/Bryant Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 34.9878° N, 81.0572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCK HILL/YORK COUNTY/BRYANT FLD (UZA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9878&lon=-81.0572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333TG-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031022026329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON CLIMBOUT FROM ROCKHILL SC AIRPORT (UZA) PILOT SET CLIMB POWER AND ENTERED LEFT TURN. PILOT HEARD SEVERAL LOUD NOISES FROM NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND SAW THE UPPER NOSE COWLING LIFT UP AS IT CAUGHT IN THE AIR STREAM. THE COWLING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, STRUCK THE WINDSCREEN AND FELL AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT RETURNED TO ROCKHILL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE COWLING REVEALED ALL LATCHES ATTACHED TO COWLING.

## Other reports on N333TG (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070907020789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070907020789I), Sep 7, 2007: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Sanford, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor pilot was teaching a simulated engine out emergencies on landing and delayed the gears down step in the landing checklist. Pilot realized the…
- [Incident 20060106002029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002029I), Jan 6, 2006: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Raleigh, NC. (-23) Takeoff from rdu was unsuccessful and a cruise altitude of 3,000 feet was established. After a clearance of 4,000 was received a cruise climb was…
- [Accident 20050531012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050531012149A), May 31, 2005: Piper PA32R300 (N333TG), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 31, 2005, at 1745 EDT, a Piper PA-32R-300, registered to bellefonte inc., operated by ram air freight inc. (cert #FFKA873D), part 135 on…

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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