# Incident 20251024015579I: Piper PA-32-260, Blackville, SC, October 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2025, 18:44 local time
- Place: Blackville, SC
- Airport: Barnwell Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2577° N, 81.3882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARNWELL RGNL (BNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2577&lon=-81.3882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3526W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3526W) (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 PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,864 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251024015579I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS CRUISING AT LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE WITH NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS OR INDICATION OF AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION. #5 CYLINDER DEPARTED THE ENGINE BLOCK AND INCURRED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE UNTIL THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN A SOD FARM FIELD APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES NORTHEAST OF BARNWELL REGIONAL AIRPORT.

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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