# Incident 20060513012789I: Piper PA32260, Bishop Harbor, FL, May 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bishop Harbor, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7733J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7733J-2009-10-01) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,040 total, 200 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/20060513012789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 13, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 LOCAL EDT, PIPER PA-32, N7733J, REGISTERED TO BURGHARDT & BURGHARDT ENTERPRISE, INC., LOST POWER AND JUST NORTH OF SKYWAY BRIDGE IN THE MOUTH OF BISHOP HARBOR WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SARASOTA AIRPORT (SRQ) SARASOTA, FL. 07-18-06 - NOTE A/C LANDED IN THE WATER.

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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