# Incident 19881122068259I: Piper PA60600, Mobile, AL, November 22, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1988, 18:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ETWA
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7527S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7527S-2000-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881122068259I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY HATCH DEPARTED DURING DESCENT. LANDED SAFELY. RETAINING PIN HAD SLID OUT.

## Other reports on N7527S (2)

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

- [Accident 19980410006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980410006439A), Apr 10, 1998: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Presque Isle, ME, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed at the end of rwy 1 on takeoff, pilot suffered fatal inj acft was destroyed, Presque Isle, ME. (.4) the twin-engine Aerostar departed on runway 1.…
- [Incident 19940429014469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429014469I), Apr 29, 1994: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Engine failed in flight. Diverted to Jacksonville. Found upper thru bolt had failed.

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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