# Incident 20040527009449I: Piper PA32301, Katy, TX, May 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2004, 11:45 local time
- Place: Katy, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7913° N, 95.8410° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Katy, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7913&lon=-95.8410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555TB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N555TB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 99 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527009449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 2004 AT ABOUT 1115 MR. KIRKWOOD AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED (CLL) COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS IN A PA-32-301 VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MR. KIRKWOOD STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT TIME. AFTER THE LOUD POP THE ENGINE LOST POWER. MR. KIRKWOOD MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE LOUD POP SOUND WAS A BIRD STRIKE, THE BIRD JAMMED THE PROP GOVENOR AND AIR INTAKE.

## Other reports on N555TB (1)

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

- [Incident 20031002027169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031002027169I), Oct 2, 2003: Piper PA32301 (N555TB), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Shortly after touchdown on runway 35L pilot lost control of aircraft and exited east side of runway. After leaving runway aircraft contacted runway…

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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