# Accident 19871023061829A: Piper PA60600, Kalamazoo, MI, October 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1987, 03:32 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DRNA
- Location: 42.2306° N, 85.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2306&lon=-85.6492&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 IO540K1J5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,290 total, 101 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871023061829A

## Narrative

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

CYLINDER SEPARATED ON RIGHT ENGINE AND TORE OFF TOP HALF OF COWLING CAUSING DRAG. UNABLE TO MAKE AIRPORT. CRASHED.

## 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 CHI88FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA010), Oct 23, 1987: Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600 (N554AC), Oshtemo Townshp, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N554AC (1)

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

- [Incident 19840406022699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840406022699I), Apr 6, 1984: Piper PA60600 (N554AC), Chicopee, MA. Aircraft shuddered at cruise speed. Nose gear doors still open. Ear broke off nose gear casting cylinder bushing.

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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