# Accident 20050617015119A: Piper PA32300, Fort Myers, FL, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 08:05 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5864° N, 81.8631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5864&lon=-81.8631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N646RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N646RM-2008-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 339 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617015119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A PIPER PA-32-300, N646RM, DEPARTED NAPLES, FL (APF) ENROUTE TO ASHVILLE, NC (AVL) ON VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING PLAN. CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 5,500 FEET THE PILOT STATED HE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WAS FOLLOWED BY STRONG VIBRATIONS THEN SHAKING. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SAW OIL COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE COWLING AND COVERING HIS WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN ATC ASSISTANCE TO LAND AT FT. MYERS INTERNATIONAL (RSW). THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A GROVE OF CYPRESS TREES AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF THE AIRPORT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN APPROXIMATE TWO INCH HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE CASE.

## 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 ATL05LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA101), Jun 17, 2005: Piper PA-32-300 (N646RM), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the connecting rod cap separation for undetermined reasons. Related factors were trees and the swampy terrain condition.

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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