# Accident 20080803844139A: Piper PA32RT300T, Palatka, FL, August 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2008, 02:46 local time
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6411° N, 81.6847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6411&lon=-81.6847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39758, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39758-2011-03-11) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 750 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803844139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NIGHTTIME T/O FROM RW 17.  A/C WAS FULL OF FUEL, PILOT, ONE PASSENGER AND BAGGAGE THAT INCLUDED GOLF CLUBS.  ON INITIAL CLIMB-OUT STALL HORN ACTIVATED AND PILOT NOTICED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD BACKED OFF.  AS HE WAS ADDING POWER THE A/C STARTED ENTERING THE TREES ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE END OF THE R/RW.  A/C WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.  PILOT STATED HE HAD BEEN UP (AWAKE) FOR OVER 24 HRS.  DURING THE SIX HOURS+- BEFORE T/O PILOT EXPEIENCED THE STRESS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER/PASSENGER THAT INCLUDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL COMING TO P/U FAMILY MEMBER AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOSPITAL STAY FOR SAME FAMILY MEMBER.

## 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 NYC08LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA264), Aug 3, 2008: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39758), Palakta, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N39758 (2)

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

- [Incident 20051111027589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051111027589I), Nov 11, 2005: Piper PA32RT300T (N39758), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On November 11, 2005, Piper aircraft N39758 model PA-32RT-300T s/n 32R-7887162, departed Tamiami Airport at approximately 09:35-hour local time, for a…
- [Incident 19940521029079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940521029079I), May 21, 1994: Piper PA32RT300T (N39758), Summerland Key, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Pilot flying in wheel chair under waiver beleives let nose down too hard.

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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