Piper PA32 N3304W
20 March 2008 · New Albany, Mississippi, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 March 2008 at about 12:50 local time, a Piper PA32 registered N3304W, operated by Cooper Electrical Controls Inc, was involved in an accident near New Albany, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 12:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Albany, Mississippi, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Albany (M72)
- Coordinates
- 34.5486, -89.0242
- Aircraft
- Piper PA32
- Registration
- N3304W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cooper Electrical Controls Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- New Albany → Corinth
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC08LA142
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After a normal preflight inspection and engine run-up, the pilot departed from a 3,900-foot-long, asphalt runway. The airplane lifted off normally and had climbed to an altitude of about 75 feet above the runway, when it began to sputter and then lost power. The airplane touched down hard on the remaining runway, before going off the end, and coming to a stop about 50 feet beyond the runway. A post crash fire consumed a majority of the fuselage, and the right wing. Examination of the engine did not identify evidence of any mechanical malfunctions. The airplane had been flown for 1.3 hours since it was refueled to its maximum capacity of 84 gallons, 9 days prior to the accident. Fuel recovered from the airplane’s left wing was absent of contamination.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA32 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2008 | Piper PA32-301FT | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Makena Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2008 | Piper PA32-301FT | Wiggins, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 2008 | Piper PA32 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | John T. Parker | No injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 2009 | Piper PA32 | Merritt Island, Florida, United States | Servant Air Ministries, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 7 Nov 2009 | Piper PA32 | Jacksonvile, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Dec 2007 | Piper PA32-260 | Marathon, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2008 | Cessna 172 | Newton, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 2008 | Cessna 177 | Picayune, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2008 | Beechcraft C90-1 | Meridian, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 2008 | Air Tractor AT-502B | Tunica, Mississippi, United States | Delta Dusters Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 2008 | Ayres S2R-T15 | Morton, Mississippi, United States | Cochran Flying Service | Fatal | 1 |
| 4 Aug 2008 | Piper PA-32R-301 | Oxford, Mississippi, United States | - | No injuries | - |