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    The pilot heard two loud bangs while flying a Piper PA-32R-300 at 4,500 feet, 7 miles northeast of Taylorsville, NC. The engine rpm decreased and then quit. Despite attempts to restart the engine, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing where the landing gear encountered rough terrain and was damaged along with minor wrinkling of the left wing skin near the wing tip. The pilot was the only person on board and was uninjured.

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    The pilot heard two loud bangs while flying a Piper PA-32R-300 at 4,500 feet, 7 miles northeast of Taylorsville, NC. The engine rpm decreased and then quit. Despite attempts to restart the engine, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing where the landing gear encountered rough terrain and was damaged along with minor wrinkling of the left wing skin near the wing tip. The pilot was the only person on board and was uninjured.

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    The pilot heard two loud bangs while flying a Piper PA-32R-300 at 4,500 feet, 7 miles northeast of Taylorsville, NC. The engine rpm decreased and then quit. Despite attempts to restart the engine, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing where the landing gear encountered rough terrain and was damaged along with minor wrinkling of the left wing skin near the wing tip. The pilot was the only person on board and was uninjured.

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    FAA Report

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    Meilin Tompkins
    The pilot heard two loud bangs while flying a Piper PA-32R-300 at 4,500 feet, 7 miles northeast of Taylorsville, NC. The engine rpm decreased and then quit. Despite attempts to restart the engine, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing where the landing gear encountered rough terrain and was damaged along with minor wrinkling of the left wing skin near the wing tip. The pilot was the only person on board and was uninjured.

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    Records Selected: 1

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


    Accident / Incident Data
    N38523
    FOR THE PERIOD OF: ALL DATA
    SORTED BY: DATE
    PREPARED FOR: PUBLIC AFFAIRS
    CONTROL NUMBER:

    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
    Selection Criteria: [C22]='38523'
    Sort Criteria: C9

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