# Incident 19900514032839I: Piper PA32260, West Palm Beach, FL, May 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1990, 17:50 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3482W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3482W-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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 4,000 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/19900514032839I

## Narrative

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

PARKED IN FRONT OF CUSTOMS. SET BRAKES AND LEFT ENGINE RUNNING. BRAKES BLED OFF AND AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO GRASS.

## Other reports on N3482W (1)

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

- [Accident 19950505013759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950505013759A), May 5, 1995: Piper PA32260 (N3482W), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Enroute to nassau lost oil pressure. Crash landed in lake returning. Oil cooler hose broke. Lost all oil.

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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