# Accident 20150929023429A: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Dawson Springs, KY, September 29, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2015, 11:30 local time
- Place: Dawson Springs, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1858° N, 87.6750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1858&lon=-87.6750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2175K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2175K-2018-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150929023429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED AT CRUISE, HE "HEARD A LOUD BANG" AND THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC. DIVERTED TO 8M7, COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND CHOSE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. NO POST-ACCIDENT FIRE.

## 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 ERA15LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA377), Sep 29, 2015: Piper PA 28RT-201T (N2175K), Dawson Springs, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a crankshaft counterweight, which resulted in a total loss of engine power during cruise flight.

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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