# Accident 19861203063949A: Piper PA32260, Baytown, TX, December 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1986, 02:28 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Airport: Baytown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8000° N, 94.9706° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8000&lon=-94.9706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43302-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW87FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861203063949A

## Narrative

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

INTOXICATED STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED A UNLIGHTED CLOSED AIRPORT AT NIGHT. HIT WIRES CRASHED AND BURNED ON A HIGHWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW87FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA025), Dec 3, 1986: Piper PA-32-260 (N43302), Baytown, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N43302 (1)

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

- [Accident 19831220062209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831220062209A), Dec 20, 1983: Piper PA32260 (N43302), Schuyler, NE, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine lost power due to icing in carburetor.

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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