# Incident 20230610019759I: Piper PA-28-181, Atlanta, GA, June 10, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2023, 01:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SKOS
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81771, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81771) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (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-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230610019759I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED A PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO FLIGHT AND DID CHECK THE CAMLOCKS WERE SECURED. DURING THE CLIMBOUT THE PILOT REPORTED AT ABOUT 200 FEET AGL THE COWLING DEPARTED THE AIRCAFT. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE TOWER AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. TOWER APPROVED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO RETURN AND LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  UPPER COWLING WAS LOCATED ON AIRPORT GROUNDS AND RECOVERED.

## Other reports on N81771 (1)

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

- [Incident 20131105025639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131105025639I), Nov 5, 2013: Piper PA-28-181 (N81771), Atlanta, GA, No damage. On 11/05/2013 at 17:55 local the student pilot contacted tower reporting engine trouble. He followed his checklist and moved the fuel selector to the left fuel…

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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