# Incident 19880421021529I: Piper PA60600, Allegan, MI, April 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1988, 22:25 local time
- Place: Allegan, MI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5311° N, 85.8392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allegan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5311&lon=-85.8392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7460S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,037 total, 6 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880421021529I

## Narrative

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

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

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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