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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Fort Pierce, FL · December 28, 1990

Date
December 28, 1990 · 09:42 local
Place
Fort Pierce, FL
Airport
St Lucie County International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3559C
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
325 total270 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot used taxiway instead of runway for takeoff. Engine problem on climb and returned to airport.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT USED TAXIWAY INSTEAD OF RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. ENGINE PROBLEM ON CLIMB AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT.

Other reports on N3559C · 1

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