# Incident 19860727062399I: Piper PA32RT300T, Michigan City, IN, July 27, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1986, 10:50 local time
- Place: Michigan City, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7088° N, 86.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Michigan City, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7088&lon=-86.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39628, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39628-2023-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 33 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860727062399I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING JUST SHORT OF RUNWAY.EXHAUST FROM LOOSE COUPLING CAUSED P LEADS TO SHORT TO GROUND.

## Other reports on N39628 (4)

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

- [Accident 20221024017659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221024017659A), Oct 24, 2022: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N39628), Lake Worth, FL, Destroyed. Part 91, Piper PA-32RT-300T, [privacy data omitted], serial number 32R-7887127 departed palm beach county park airport (lna) with one pilot aircraft lost…
- [Incident 20050817027459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817027459I), Aug 17, 2005: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), South Lake Taho, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing his aircraft to the departure runway when he inadvertently taxied off the end of the taxiway into the dirt. There, the nose gear…
- [Accident 19850519020829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519020829A), May 19, 1985: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Flared too high and landed hard on right main gear. Damaged right wing spar and ribs.
- [Accident 19810914059259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810914059259A), Sep 14, 1981: Piper PA32RT300T (N39628), Crivitz, WI, Substantial damage. Landed downwind, ran off end of runway into a ditch. No runway end lights or marked obstruction. UNICOM gave 18.

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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