# Incident 20130313004889I: Piper PA-28R-180, Palm Coast, FL, March 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2013, 18:40 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5850° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Coast, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5850&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4631J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4631J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 807 total, 70 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130313004889I

## Narrative

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

AT 2240 UTC, N4631J MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AROUND THE 4900 BLOCK OF THE PALM COAST PARKWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED EASTBOUND IN THE WESTBOUND LANES. PRIOR TO COMING TO REST, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE FRONT BUMPER OF SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER. DAMAGE DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE NAVIGATION LIGHT. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), STATED THAT HE WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER PART 91 WITH A STUDENT WHO WAS TRAINING UNDER PART 61. THE FLIGHT WAS NORTHWEST OF THE FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT (KXFL). THEY WERE HEADED NORTHBOUND AT 4,000 FEET AND PREPARING TO PERFORM A ?STEEP SPIRAL? MANEUVER. THE PIC NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AND QUERIED HIM AS TO WHY. THE STUDENT, WHO WAS THE PILOT FLYING, WAS MOVING THE THROTTLE FORWARD AND AFT WITH NO RESULTING CHANGE IN ENGINE POWER.

THE PIC STATED THAT THE THROTTLE FELT LOOSE AND THAT THE PROPELLER SOUNDED AS IF IT WERE IN AN OVER SPEED CONDITION. HE THOUGHT THE RPM GAUGE SHOWED ABOUT 2,000 RPM. AN EMERGENCY RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS MADE TO DAYTONA BEACH APPROACH CONTROL AROUND THIS TIME.

A TURN WAS MADE TO THE SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION OF THE FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT. AT 3,500 FEET THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROL FROM THE STUDENT. THE ALTITUDE WAS AROUND 2,000 FEET WHEN THE PIC DID NOT THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. AT AROUND 2,000 FEET THE PIC MADE A TURN BACK TO THE NORTH. THIS TURN PLACED HIM ON A RIGHT BASE FOR THE PALM COAST PARKWAY.

## Other reports on N4631J (2)

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

- [Accident 20150723013479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150723013479A), Jul 23, 2015: Piper PA-28R-180 (N4631J), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. N4631J experienced a landing gear problem accompanied by a loss of steering 23 jul 2015 at Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport (fxe). The aircraft is a PA-28R-180…
- [Accident 20040817018289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040817018289A), Aug 17, 2004: Piper PA28R180 (N4631J), Eliot, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. Ricker, pilot in command of Piper N4631J, was in the process of taking his biennial flight review. He initiated a practice emergency landing at the…

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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