# Incident 20081110856359I: Piper PA32300, West Palm Beac, FL, November 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beac, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2772P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2772P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,579 total, 1,509 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081110856359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED PBI AIRPORT ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO TPF AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 HRS ON 10-02-2008.  AFTER LIFT OFF FROM THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 205 TO 300 FEET AGL, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE UPPER COWLING CAME LOOSE AND BROKE OFF AT APPROXIMATELY THE MIDDLE LEFT PORTION OF THE COWL, FALLING TO THE GROUND.  THE PILOT CONTINUED THE CLIMB, CONTACTED THE TOWER, AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED.  THE DAMAGED COWLING WAS REMOVED FROM THE TAXIWAY BY THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY AND GIVEN TO THE OWNER.  THE OWNER PLACED ALL THE PIECES IN A BAG AND DEPARTED THE AREA.  BESIDES MISSING THE UPPER COWLING, THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDSHIELD HAD A LARGE SCRATCH, AND, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPELLER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CONTACT WITH THE FIBERGLASS COWLING.

## Other reports on N2772P (1)

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

- [Incident 19990310041589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990310041589I), Mar 10, 1999: Piper PA32300 (N2772P), Plant City, FL, Minor damage. (-23) In March 10, 1999, at 0815 EDT, a Piper cherokee, N2772P, registered to keelo avaiation, inc. landed long and fast blew the right main tire while…

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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