# Accident 20040909030389A: Piper PA32260, Kennesaw, GA, September 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2004, 11:08 local time
- Place: Kennesaw, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0119° N, 84.6292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0119&lon=-84.6292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45100, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45100-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 15 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040909030389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:05 EST, AIRCRAFT N45100 DEPARTED COBB COUNTY-MCCOLLUM FIELD (RYY) ON RUNWAY 27 HEADED TO SAINT LUCIE CO INTL (FPR) AIRPORT. ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS A PIC, ONE PASSENGER AND CARGO. ON CLIMB OUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND 1.3 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF RYY RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT WINGS AND TAIL SECTION DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TREE AND THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE BACK YARD AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ATL04LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA175), Sep 9, 2004: Piper PA-32-260 (N45100), Kennesaw, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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