# Incident 19880826055519I: Piper PA28180, Madison, IN, August 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Madison, IN
- Airport: Jefferson Proving Grounds
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7588° N, 85.3971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7588&lon=-85.3971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5300L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5300L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 19 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880826055519I

## Narrative

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

MISTOOK CLOSED JEFFERSON PROVING GROUND FOR MADISON AND LANDED. DID NOT SEE YELLOW X UNTIL ON GROUND.

## Other reports on N5300L (1)

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

- [Accident 20080407013209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080407013209A), Apr 7, 2008: Piper PA28180 (N5300L), Paducah, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 7, 2008, the pilot and single occupant of N5300L, a Piper PA-28-180, departed stephenville, Texas (ksep) to dumas, Texas (kdux) VFR. The pilot…

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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