# Accident 19870810043869A: Piper PA60601P, Atlantic City, NJ, August 10, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1987, 08:45 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City Municipal-Bader Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3600° N, 74.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Atlantic City Municipal Bader Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3600&lon=-74.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814SG-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870810043869A

## Narrative

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

LOST LEFT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. FAILED TO FEATHER OR RAISE THE GEAR. SETTLED WING LOW INTO WATER.

## 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 NYC87FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA225), Aug 10, 1987: Piper PA-60-601P (N814SG), Atlantic City, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.