# Incident 19870428019659I: Piper PA32300, Columbia, SC, April 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1987, 13:52 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1403X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1403X-2025-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 150 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870428019659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BOUNVCED DURING LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N1403X (1)

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

- [Accident 20220703020549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220703020549A), Jul 3, 2022: Piper PA-32-300 (N1403X), Mt. Pleasant, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 7/3/2022, at approximately 22:45 hrs, a Piper PA-32-300 cherokee 6 with a pilot and three passengers on board struck treetops located approximately 2400…

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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