# Accident 20080128009889A: Piper PA32301FT, Wiggins, MS, January 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2008, 08:26 local time
- Place: Wiggins, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8086° N, 89.1914° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8086&lon=-89.1914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1053F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1053F-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA32-301FT (registry code 7103300, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa32-301ft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 (registry code 41674, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301FT
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 150 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080128009889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS AT 7500' WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT COULD NOT MAKE NEAREST AIRPORT (M24) AND LANDED IN OPEN FIELD, HIT A BURN OF TREE LIMBS, RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT HURT.

## 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 DFW08LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA058), Jan 28, 2008: Piper PA32-301FT (N1053F), Wiggins, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the fuel servo gasket and subsequent partial loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was the none-suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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