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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA60600 · Allegan, MI · April 21, 1988

Date
April 21, 1988 · 22:25 local
Place
Allegan, MI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7460S
Reported as
Piper PA60600
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540G1B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,037 total6 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left engine failed. Feathered good engine by mistake, unable to restart. Landed on a highway. Broken connecting rod.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE FAILED.FEATHERED GOOD ENGINE BY MISTAKE, UNABLE TO RESTART. LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. BROKEN CONNECTING ROD.