# Incident 20140927019769I: Piper PA-22-160, Basin Harbor, VT, September 27, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2014, 11:00 local time
- Place: Basin Harbor, VT
- Airport: Basin Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1917° N, 73.3587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BASIN HARBOR (B06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1917&lon=-73.3587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8907D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8907D-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 509 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140927019769I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/27/2014, PIPER PA-22-160, N8907D, HAD DEPARTED MIDDLEBURY, VT. (6BO) AND WAS APPROACHING BASIN HARBOR, VT. (B06) FOR LANDING. THE PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) AND HIS PASSENGER (WIFE), SUDDENLY HEARD A "POP" AND IMMEDIATELY FELT AIR STREAMING INTO THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BUFFETING AND STARTED TO LOSE ALTITUDE. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY MADE A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FEILD NEAR BASIN HARBOR. THE PILOT'S SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FUSELAGE FABRIC COVERING HAD TORN AND SEPARATED FROM THE STRUCTURE OVER THE COCKPIT WINDOW CAUSING A SCOOP EFFECT WHICH ALLOWED AIR TO STREAM INTO THE COCKPIT. THIS CREATED SIGNIFICANT AERODYNAMIC DRAG AND DISRUPTED AIRFLOW OVER OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO FURTHER DAMAGE DURING THE FORCED LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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