# Accident 19790322008029A: Piper 600SMITH, Sikeston, MO, March 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1979, 13:25 local time
- Place: Sikeston, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8837° N, 89.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sikeston, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8837&lon=-89.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90501, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90501-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600SMITH
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,407 total, 275 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322008029A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED. FOUND IMPROPER TEMPORARY REPAIR TO ENGINE AIR INDUCTION DUCT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC79FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA024), Mar 22, 1979: Aerostar 600 (N90501), Sikeston, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N90501 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780920018899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920018899I), Sep 20, 1978: Piper 600ASMITH (N90501), Sikeston, MO, Minor damage. Explosion heard during engine start, pilot mistook for backfire, began flight. Later found exhaust tunnels damaged.

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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