# Incident 20030404014859I: Piper PA32260, Lakeland, FL, April 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5595J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5595J-2010-07-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404014859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 4, 2003, AT 08:55, A PA32-260, N5595J, OPERATED BY MR. TIMOTHY S. LADD, DEPARTED RUNWAY 9R AT THE LAKELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR LAKELAND, FLORIDA. ON CLIMB OUT AFTER TAKEOFF SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE CABIN THROUGH THE DEFROSTER VENTS. THE PILOT RETURNED TO LAKELAND AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE EXHAUST STACK ASSEMBLY ON THE LEFT SIDE HAD COME LOOSE AND DROPPED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COWLING. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. MR. TIMOTHY S. LADD HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 6464809. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING LAKELAND, FLORIDA FOR A FLIGHT TO TAMPA, FLORIDA.

## Other reports on N5595J (2)

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

- [Accident 20070709017559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070709017559A), Jul 9, 2007: Piper PA32260 (N5595J), Tyringham, MA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Pilot elected too late to change course away from a severe thunderstorm.
- [Incident 19820419015209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820419015209I), Apr 19, 1982: Piper PA32260 (N5595J), Wauchula, FL, Minor damage. Stolen aircraft used for illegal drug flight, struck a tree root while landing on a dirt road. Abandoned.

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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