# Accident 20200819012839A: Piper PA-32-300, Tallahassee, FL, August 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2020, 11:35 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4094° N, 84.3583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4094&lon=-84.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4089R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4089R-2021-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (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-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 922 total, 863 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200819012839A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2020, AT 1135 EDT, A PIPER PA-32-300, N4089R, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STALLED SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION AT APPROXIMATELY 50FT ALTITUDE AND LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 36 AT TALLAHASSEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FL. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BLEW ALL THREE TIRES AND SWERVED AND HIT RWY 18 PAPIS. THE PIC WAS ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.

JANUARY 21, 2021 - AMENDED REPORT DUE TO THE PILOT'S REPORT OF MINOR INJURIES TO THE NTSB. THEREFORE, THIS REPORT NOW REFLECTS THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, WHILE HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA20LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA290), Aug 19, 2020: Piper PA32 (N4089R), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power on takeoff due to an intermittently blocked fuel injector on the number 3 cylinder.

## Other reports on N4089R (1)

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

- [Incident 19780708043119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780708043119I), Jul 8, 1978: Piper PA32300 (N4089R), Allentown, PA. Alternator stopped working due to insufficient belt tension. Bolt for alternator tension adjust found stripped.

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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