# Incident 20070415006519I: Piper PA32RT300T, Carbondale, IL, April 15, 2007 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 15, 2007, 16:05 local time - Place: Carbondale, IL - Phase of flight: Normal Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.7221° N, 89.2237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carbondale, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7221&lon=-89.2237&mi=10 - Aircraft: N39650, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39650) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,693 total, 1,320 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070415006519I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N39650 AND HIS WIFE, WERE FLYING ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO'S MIDWAY AIRPORT TO MILLINGTON, TENNESSEE AT 12,500 FEET WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN INABILITY TO SPEAK AND A SENSE OF INCAPACITATION. THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE HAVE STATED THAT HE NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THE INCIDENT, BUT HE PLACED THE AIRCRAFT ON AUTOPILOT WHILE HIS WIFE USED THE RADIO TO CALL ATC FOR ASSISTANCE. THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE PILOT TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND A DESCENT WAS MADE INTO CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO OPERATE AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WHERE AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTED HIM TO A LOCAL AREA HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION. THE PILOT WAS LATER TRANSPORTED BY EMS HELICOPTER TO ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TESTING. NOTHING FURTHER WAS MEDICALLY DETERMINED TO HAVE CAUSED THE INCIDENT AND THE PILOT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL APRIL 16, 2007 AND RETURNED HOME VIA AUTOMOBILE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ## Other reports on N39650 (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20190127000409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190127000409A), Jan 27, 2019: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39650), Pflugerville, TX, Substantial damage. On January 27, 2019 at 1521 CDT, a Piper PA32 bearing registration number N39650, registered to stewart dunlap LLC impacted a parked vehicle during an… - [Incident 20071027829329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071027829329I), Oct 27, 2007: Piper PA32RT300T (N39650), Millington, TN, Minor damage. (-23) On October 27, 2007, at approximately 1030 hours CST, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was flying in the pattern at Millington regional airport (nqa)… - [Incident 20051218032469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051218032469I), Dec 18, 2005: Piper PA32RT300T (N39650), Steamboat Spgs, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed with the left main wheel off the left side of runway 32 at sbs and continued to exit the left side of runway 32 coming to rest in packed… - [Incident 19970809028079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970809028079I), Aug 9, 1997: Piper PA32RT300T (N39650), Heber Springs, AR, Minor damage. Lost electrical power IFR en route. Landed airport. Nose gear folded. Defective alterator. Manual extend incomplete - [Incident 19960131004619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960131004619I), Jan 31, 1996: Piper PA32RT300 (N39650), Memphis, TN. Narrative: at about 0802 on January 31, 1996, N39650 was cleared to land on runway 36C. About 1 minute later, he called tower and asked if he was lined up on… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.