# Accident 20160930016089A: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Camden, SC, September 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2016, 18:10 local time
- Place: Camden, SC
- Airport: Woodward Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3050° N, 80.4744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3050&lon=-80.4744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39686, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39686-2018-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160930016089A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPART KFLO ON AN IFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO PUT TIME ON A NEWLY INSTALLED OVERHAULED ENGINE. ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AND LEVEL AT 8000 FEET AND WITH 75% POWER SETTING THE ENGINE STARTED TO MILDLY RUN ROUGH. IFR WAS CANCELLED AND A REQUEST FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING DESCENDED TO VFR ALTITUDE AND TURNED BACK TOWARD FLORENCE. SEVERAL MINUTES PASSED AND ENGINE RAN ROUGHER. PILOT MADE APPLICABLE CHECKS AND PROCEDURES. ENGINE STARTED TO CUT IN AND OUT, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH SHAW AIRFORCE BASE. CAMDEN AIRPORT (CDN) WAS CLOSEST AIRPORT STARTED TOWARD IT, BUT THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA16LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA331), Sep 30, 2016: Piper PA32RT (N39686), Camden, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to the improper torqueing of the magneto, which led it to its malfunctioning in 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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