# Incident 19840406022699I: Piper PA60600, Chicopee, MA, April 6, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1984, 12:45 local time
- Place: Chicopee, MA
- Airport: Westover Afb
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ACCA
- Location: 42.1757° N, 72.5718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicopee, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1757&lon=-72.5718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554AC-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1F5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840406022699I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SHUDDERED AT CRUISE SPEED. NOSE GEAR DOORS STILL OPEN. EAR BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR CASTING CYLINDER BUSHING.

## Other reports on N554AC (1)

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

- [Accident 19871023061829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871023061829A), Oct 23, 1987: Piper PA60600 (N554AC), Kalamazoo, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Cylinder separated on right engine and tore off top half of cowling causing drag. Unable to make airport. Crashed.

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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