# Accident 19841226070499A: Piper PA60600, Kalamazoo, MI, December 26, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1984, 12:20 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.2340° N, 85.5514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2340&lon=-85.5514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060J-1992-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1F5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,804 total, 1,224 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841226070499A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER HARD LANDING AND SLIDING SIDEWAYS ON RUNWAY. ICE PATCHES ON RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI85LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA080), Dec 27, 1984: Piper Aerostar 600 (N8060J), Kalamazoo, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8060J (2)

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

- [Accident 19900723028141A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900723028141A), Jul 23, 1990: Piper PA60600 (N8060J), Detroit, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. While level overtook and collided with N55354 climbing near same direction. Cut off tail and wing PA28. Both crashed
- [Incident 19890303002969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890303002969I), Mar 3, 1989: Piper PA60600 (N8060J), Gaylord, MI, Minor damage. Tried to takeoff on unplowed runway snow drifts slowed progress, aborted. Nose wheel dug in veered into a snowbank.

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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