# Incident 20160805013459I: Piper PA-32-301T, Everglades Park, FL, August 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2016, 11:30 local time
- Place: Everglades Park, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8305W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8305W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301T (registry code 7103209, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805013459I

## Narrative

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

AUGUST 5, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM LOCAL TIME, N8305W, A PA-32-301T PIPER SARATOGA FIXED GEAR AIRPLANE, EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS 38 MILES SOUTH WEST OF FRRDY INTERSECTION AT 2,500 FEET ALTITUDE.  THE AIRPLANE HAD ONLY THE PILOT ONBOARD.  THE PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED ALL THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL (AFM) FOR ENGINE RESTART, BUT TO NO AVAIL.  HE THEN DECLARED A MAYDAY CALL ON VHF FREQUENCY 121.5.  A HELICOPTER OPERATED BY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT RESPONDED TO THE CALL.  THE PILOT THEN  LANDED THE AIRPLANE POWER OFF IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK AT 25° 28? 44.22?, N 80° 50? 13.50? W.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE PILOT WAS RESCUED BY THE HELICOPTER 30 MINUTES AFTER THE FORCED LANDING.  THE PILOT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO OPA LOCKA COAST GUARD STATION WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED BY THE EMT FOR INJURIES, NONE NOTED.

## Other reports on N8305W (1)

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

- [Incident 20220313003179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220313003179I), Mar 13, 2022: Piper PA-32-301T (N8305W), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On March 13, 2022 at 1850Z, N8305W maneuvered off the south side of runway 12L during the landing rollout at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (bjc). 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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