# Incident 20031111029829I: Piper PA28R180, Monroe, WI, November 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Monroe, WI
- Airport: Monroe Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6149° N, 89.5904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE MUNI (EFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6149&lon=-89.5904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4900J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4900J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 259 total, 46 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111029829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 11, 2003, AT 1645 CDT, A PIPER PA-28R, N4900J, OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT PAUL D. MAXWELL WAS AT 1,000 FEET AGL ON A CROSSWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 30 AT EFT. THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE COWL HAD COME UP 3/4 OF AN INCH. A MOMENT LATER THE LEFT COWL HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE AUTO PILOT AND DUCKED DOWN AS THE RIGHT SIDE COWL WAS STILL ATTACHED AND WAS SMASHING INTO THE WINDSHIELD UNTIL BOTH SIDES WERE BROKEN OUT. WHEN THE SMASHING NOISE STOPPED THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4900J (1)

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

- [Incident 20110910022209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110910022209I), Sep 10, 2011: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4900J), Lees Summit, MO, Minor damage. The aircraft departed gardner municipal airport (K34) in gardner, KS, enroute to Lee'S Summit Municipal Airport (klxt) in Lee'S Summit, MO. Upon landing 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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