# Incident 19860420075419I: Piper PA32260, Columbus, IN, April 20, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1986, 11:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Bakalar
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2073° N, 85.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2073&lon=-85.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5593J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5593J-1990-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860420075419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DESCENDED THROUGH LIGHT SPOT WHILE ON AN ASR APPROACH AND LANDED IN A FIELD. INSTRUMENTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N5593J (1)

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

- [Accident 19870420010549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870420010549A), Apr 20, 1987: Piper PA32260 (N5593J), Byron Center, MI, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck trees during an aborted takeoff. Pilot over rotated and the aircraft failed to become airborne.

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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