# Incident 20190527005239I: Piper PA-28-180, Palm Coast, FL, May 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2019, 11:42 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5850° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Coast, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5850&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3468R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3468R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190527005239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N3468R HAD A DEPARTED FROM KEVB WITH A DESTINATION TO KCRG. WHILE IT RANSITIONED THROUGH THE KDAB CHARLIE AIRSPACE AT 1,000 FT. OFF SHORE. AFTER CLEARING THE KDAB AIRSPACE THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED UP TO 5,500. SHORTLY AFTER (~15MIN) THEY WERE ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH EAST OF KFIN WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT SEEN WHITE PIECES FLY BY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AT THIS POINT HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAPPED SO HE STARTED TURNING TOWARDS KFIN AND LANDED.

UPON LANDING AND INSPECTING AIRCRAFT FOUND NOSE SPINNER BROKEN OFF AND MISSING.

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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