# Incident 20190815016169I: Piper PA-32-300, Sebring, FL, August 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2019, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBRING RGNL (SEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2947E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2947E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (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-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 790 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190815016169I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM SEF LEVELED OUT AND LOST ENGINE POWER.

## Other reports on N2947E (2)

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

- [Accident 19930514013989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930514013989A), May 14, 1993: Piper PA32300 (N2947E), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Substantial damage. Distracted by last minute wind and runway change. Impacted runway hard enough to drive gear up through wings.
- [Accident 19800315007289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800315007289A), Mar 15, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N2947E), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed on side of runway due to strong crosswind. Hit snowbank on edge of runway.

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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