# Incident 20170816017119I: Piper PA-32R-300, Taylorsville, NC, August 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2017, 20:05 local time
- Place: Taylorsville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9168° N, 81.1760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylorsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9168&lon=-81.1760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38523, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38523-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170816017119I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED KIPJ (LINCOLN COUNTY) FOR KUKF (WILKES COUNTY) AND WAS AT 4.500' MSL AND APPROX 7 MILES NE OF TAYLORSVILLE NC WHEN PILOT HEARD 2 LOUD KNOCKS/BANGS AND OBSERVED THE ENGINE RPM DECREASE TO APPROX 800 RPM AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  PILOT STATES HE TRIED TO RESTART INCLUDING SWITCHING FUEL TO TANKS TO NO AVAIL.  HE THEN SELECTED WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST FIELD TO LAND IN AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

UPON LANDING THE LANDING GEAR ENCOUNTERED ROUGH & UNEVEN TERRAIN RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT & RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THERE WAS ALSO SOME MINOR WRINKLING OF THE LEFT WING SKIN NEAR THE WING TIP.  DAMAGE CONSIDERED MINOR.  NO OTHER OBSERVED DAMAGE BESIDES THAT NOTED ABOVE.

PIC WAS ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND REPORTED TO FAA IIC THAT HE SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N38523 (1)

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

- [Accident 20180724017819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724017819A), Jul 24, 2018: Piper PA-32R-300 (N38523), Iron Station, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 24, 2018, approximately 0530 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32 airplane, N38523, sustained substantial damage and was destroyed during an impact…

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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