# Accident 20040603017449A: Namer T28B, Tampa, FL, June 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2004, 12:10 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Topp Of Tampa Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2292° N, 82.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2292&lon=-82.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N261FM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261FM-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American T-28B (registry code 6402506, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER T28B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,335 total, 7 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040603017449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES/TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND NO POST FIRE OCCURRED. THERE WAS FUEL SPILLAGE AT THE IMPACT SITE AND FUEL IN THE FUEL LINES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE. THE LEFT FRONT ENGINE COWL LATCH WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY ALONG WITH SOME COCKPIT CANOPY PLEXIGLASS FRAGMENTS LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY END.

## 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 MIA04LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA092), Jun 3, 2004: North American T-28B (N261FM), Wesley Chapel, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify security of the left engine cowling and its subsequent separation in-flight and collision with the vertical stabilizer resulting in the loss of aircraft control.

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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