# Incident 19851005064389I: Piper PA32RT300, Port Barre, LA, October 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1985, 11:15 local time
- Place: Port Barre, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5555° N, 91.9560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Barre, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5555&lon=-91.9560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36546, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36546) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005064389I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT. LANDED IN A FIELD. ROD HAD SEPARATED KNOCKING A HOLE IN THE CASE.

## Other reports on N36546 (2)

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

- [Accident 19820513015739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820513015739A), May 13, 1982: Piper PA32RT300 (N36546), Pineville, LA, Substantial damage. A wheel dropped into a hole on edge of taxiway. Impact drove gear strut up thru wing. FAA, operator taking action.
- [Accident 19800516014339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516014339A), May 16, 1980: Piper PA32RT300 (N36546), Pineville, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot claims aircraft hydroplaned on wet runway & he made a high-speed turn which collapsed the landing gear.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.