# Incident 20071104829539I: Piper PA32R300, Sylva, NC, November 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2007, 14:50 local time
- Place: Sylva, NC
- Airport: Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3172° N, 83.2097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON COUNTY (24A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3172&lon=-83.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9621K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9621K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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 PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 74 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071104829539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC STATED, DEPARTURE FROM ACTIVE RUNWAY 33, ROTATED, RETRACTED GEAR AND INITIATED CLIMB. A GUST OF WIND FROM THE EAST PUSHED AIRCRAFT DOWN AND TO THE LEFT, CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB. LOWERED NOSE TO INCREASE AIRSPEED AND STRUCK TREES, ESTABLISHED CLIMB OVER VALLEY, REENTERED PATTERN AND LANDED.

## Other reports on N9621K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790124001479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790124001479A), Jan 24, 1979: Piper PA32R300 (N9621K), Higginsville, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot landed 150 feet short of runway at night.

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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