# Accident 19850824040349A: Piper PA60601P, San Angelo, TX, August 24, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1985, 17:00 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8045J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,386 total, 35 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850824040349A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED SPIN WHILE PRACTICING STEEP TURNS.  FEATHERED ENGINES TO HELP RECOVERY. UNABLE TO RESTART AFTER RECOVERY.

## 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 FTW85LA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA332), Aug 24, 1985: Piper Aerostar 601P (N8045J), San Angelo, TX, destroyed

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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