# Incident 19880716040559I: Piper PA60602P, Aspen, CO, July 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1988, 10:23 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6894Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6894Y-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 602P (registry code 7106014, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 20 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880716040559I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS OUT OF RIG.

## Other reports on N6894Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19891221052459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891221052459A), Dec 21, 1989: Piper PA60602P (N6894Y), Frenchtown, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Fire right engine at cruise. Engine tore off. Went into spin. Exhaust pipe on turbocharger broke. Superstar kit.
- [Incident 19820509023919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820509023919I), May 9, 1982: Piper 602P (N6894Y), Norman, OK. In climb at 12000 feet, left manifold pressure dropped from 35 to 17 inches. Pilot throttled back to idle. Landed.

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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