# Incident 19870829055629I: Piper PA60600, Binghamton, NY, August 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1987, 09:45 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IMXA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7478S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7478S-2013-09-17) (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 IO540G1B5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870829055629I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION AND SEIZURE ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. NO HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. CRACKED ENGINE CASE.

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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