# Incident 19881003070319I: Piper PA60600, St Petersburg, FL, October 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1988, 15:25 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90399, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90399-1994-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,700 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881003070319I

## Narrative

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

GIVEN CONFLICTING VECTORS BY ATC APPROACH. CONTACTED MACDILL APPROACH FOR HELP AND WAS VECTORED TO ORLANDO.

## Other reports on N90399 (2)

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

- [Accident 19930303004289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930303004289A), Mar 3, 1993: Piper PA60600 (N90399), Panama City, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Circling to land after IFR approach made close in wing over to align with runway. Was too low for timely pull out.
- [Incident 19820223013289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820223013289I), Feb 23, 1982: Piper PA60600 (N90399), Williamsburg, VA, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear instead of flaps on rollout. Left main and nose gear retracted.

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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