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Run Date: 24-Jul-2018 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Page: 1

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DATE ACFT MAKE CITY ST OPERATOR NAME PHASE OF FLT FLYING CONDITION FATAL
NNUM ACFT MODEL AIRPORT DESIG FAR DAMAGE ACC/INC TYPE LIGHT CONDITION INJ
EVNT TYPE FLYING REMARKS

08/16/2017 PIPER TAYLORSVILLE NC N/A Cruise/Level Flight 0

38523 PA-32R-300 091 0
I THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED KIPJ (LINCOLN COUNTY) FOR KUKF (WILKES COUNTY) AND WAS AT 4.500' MSL AND APPROX 7 MILES NE OF TAYLORSVILLE
NC WHEN PILOT HEARD 2 LOUD KNOCKS/BANGS AND OBSERVED THE ENGINE RPM DECREASE TO APPROX 800 RPM AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT
STATES HE TRIED TO RESTART INCLUDING SWITCHING FUEL TO TANKS TO NO AVAIL. HE THEN SELECTED WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST FIELD
TO LAND IN AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON LANDING THE LANDING GEAR ENCOUNTERED ROUGH & UNEVEN TERRAIN RESULTING
IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT & RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THERE WAS ALSO SOME MINOR WRINKLING OF THE LEFT WING SKIN NEAR THE WING TIP.
DAMAGE CONSIDERED MINOR. NO OTHER OBSERVED DAMAGE BESIDES THAT NOTED ABOVE. PIC WAS ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND REPORTED TO
FAA IIC THAT HE SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

NUMBER OF REPORTS: 1

* Official accident causes are determined by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Accident Cause Factors in this report
are the Federal Aviation Administration’s interpretation of multiple technical factors and statements taken from the original NTSB
Prepared by the Aviation Data Systems Branch / AFS - 620 Format: AID P Shelly Boggs
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