# Incident 20080824844449I: Piper PA32RT300T, Pontotoc, MS, August 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pontotoc, MS
- Airport: Pontotoc County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2756° N, 89.0380° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PONTOTOC COUNTY (22M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2756&lon=-89.0380&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2168A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2168A-2019-09-04) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080824844449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED TO TUP TOWER THAT HE WAS LOSING POWER.  PILOT STATED HE DECIDED TO LAND AT PONTOTOC COUNTY AIRPORT.  DURING HIS LANDING HIS NOSE GEAR SETTLED, HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT NO EVIDENCE OF ENGINE OR FUEL PROBLEMS EXISTED.

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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