# Accident 20061121024659A: Piper PA32RT300, Bardstown, KY, November 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2006, 17:13 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8147° N, 85.4669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8147&lon=-85.4669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3887M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3887M-2013-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121024659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/21/2006, N3887M A PIPER PA-32RT-300 CONDUCTING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MAYFIELD, KY (M25) TO FRANKFORT, KY, (FFT). JUST SOUTH OF FT. KNOX, KY DURING LET DOWN TO 5000 FT PILOT STATED "THE ENGINE LOST POWER, WE SAW SMOKE COMING FROM FRONT OF AIRCRAFT AND I INFORMED ATC WE WERE GOING DOWN." SDF-ATC VECTORED HIM TO BARDSTOWN (BRY), AND LOST RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT AT 1900 FT, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WEST OF BRY AT 17:13Z. ON SITE INVESTIGATION BY FAA IT APPEARED AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES THEN IMPACTED GROUND GEARUP, SKIDDED ACROSS ROAD AND CAME TO REST ON THE GREEN COUNTY SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB GRASS LANDING STRIP. PER INDIVIDUAL AT LOCATION, AFTER AIRCRAFT STOPPED A SMALL FIRE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM RH NOSE OF AIRCRAFT AND WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, WERE EXTRACTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY EMS PERSONNEL AND TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL.

## 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 NYC07LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA033), Nov 21, 2006: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N3887M), Bardstown, KY, 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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