# Incident 20200227002089I: Piper PA-32-300, West Palm Beach, FL, February 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N5246S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5246S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 15,452 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200227002089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REQUESTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT PBI, SINCE THE WINDS WERE GUSTY FROM A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. AIRMAN STATED THAT HE LANDED PRIOR TO THRESHOLD TO AVOID CROSSING A PERPENDICULAR RUNWAY DURING LANDING. PBI AIRPORT OPERATIONS MET AIRMAN AT US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND INFORMED HIM THAT HE LANDED ON THE EMAS. AIRMAN DENIES LANDING ON THE EMAS AND STATES HE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY ARROW. HOWEVER, THIS LANDING WAS STILL PRIOR TO RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AIRPORT OPERATIONS PROVIDED A PHOTO OF TIRE MARK ON RUNWAY 32 EMAS.

## Other reports on N5246S (1)

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

- [Accident 19770213002539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770213002539A), Feb 13, 1977: Piper PA32300 (N5246S), Elberta, AL, Substantial damage. Air found in fuel line. Fuel in all tanks.

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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