# Incident 20241008016009I: Piper PA-32-300, St. Petersburg, FL, October 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2024, 10:40 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4044R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4044R) (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 TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241008016009I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 08, 2024, AT 1040 EDT, A PIPER PA-32-300, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (KSPG) ST. PETERSBURG, FL. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO TAMP BAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AFTER IMPACT WITH THE WATER, WAS SUBMERGED UNDER APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET OF WATER, BUT WAS NEVER RECOVERED DUE TO HURRICANE MILTON STORM SURGES. THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, ON OCTOBER 08, 2024.

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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