# Accident 20080603839339A: Piper PA28201T, Palatka, FL, June 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2008, 09:30 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6586° N, 81.6889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6586&lon=-81.6889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N230ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N230ME-2010-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mistral G-190 (registry code 44100, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mistral-g-190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: MISTRA G190
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 201 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080603839339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED DELAND AT 8:50 AM AND LANDED AT KAY LARKIN IN PALATKA, FL.  A/C TOP OFF AT PALATKA AND DEPARTED APPROX 9:30 AM.  AFTER A/C CLEARED END OF RWY 17 ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER, PILOT TRIED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT BUT IMPACTED THE TREES APPROX 200 FT SHORT OF RWY.  A/C DESTROYED.  A/C RECOVERED BY QUALITY A/C SALVAGE OF GROVELAND, FL.  SINCE THIS ENGINE IS IN PROCESS OC CERTIFICATON BY MISTRAL ENGINES USA, AND A/C IS EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPEMENT WE WILL BE PERFORMING A ENGINE RUN AND TEARDOWN AT A LATER DATE.  INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE LOSS OF POWER WAS CAUSED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE MUFFLER INNER TUBE AND PACKING MATERIAL WHICH BLOCKED THE MUFFLER EXIT AND INCREASED THE INTERNAL BACK PRESSURE WHICH REDUCED ENGINE OUTPUT POWER.

## 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 NYC08LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA202), Jun 3, 2008: Piper PA-28R-201T (N230ME), Palatka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a blockage of the engine exhaust system as a result of an internal failure of the muffler.

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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