# Incident 19880904036919I: Piper PA32260, Darlington, SC, September 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1988, 19:20 local time
- Place: Darlington, SC
- Airport: Branhams
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2815° N, 79.9276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRANHAMS (6J7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2815&lon=-79.9276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57326, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57326-2013-10-23) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880904036919I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM SOD FIELD WITH STANDING WATER. UNABLE TO ATTAIN FLYING SPEED. SLID OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N57326 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950312003599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950312003599A), Mar 12, 1995: Piper PA32260 (N57326), Suffolk, VA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost power near destination. Hit trees over shooting open field. Pilot used no fly medical drug. Fuel tanks empty.

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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