# Accident 19881231057159A: Piper PA60600, Somerville, NJ, December 31, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1988, 12:00 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90393, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90393-1991-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1F5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881231057159A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PROBLEM RIGHT ENGINE. STALLED AND ROLLED OVER ON RIGHT TURN GO AROUND. BOTH ENGINES MAGS IN POOR CONDITION.

## 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 NYC89LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA058), Dec 31, 1988: Piper PA-60 (N90393), Somerville, NJ, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISIONS WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT ON FINAL APPROACH WITH DEFECTIVE MAGNETOS. THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN THE CLOSED POSITION, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND, RAISED…

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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