# Incident 19901228064729I: Piper PA32300, Fort Pierce, FL, December 28, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1990, 09:42 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3559C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3559C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 (registry code 41674, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 270 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/19901228064729I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19800912041659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912041659A), Sep 12, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N3559C), Litchfield, MN, Substantial damage. Landed fast on wet grass runway, skidded sidways off end of runway.

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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