# Incident 19890815050859I: Piper PA60600, Parkersburg, WV, August 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1989, 11:41 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County Airport Gill Robb
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2613° N, 81.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parkersburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2613&lon=-81.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3AU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3AU-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 8360608, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1B5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 55 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815050859I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AT ALTITUDE. RETURNED TO PARKSBURG. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N3AU (2)

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

- [Incident 19901127060589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901127060589I), Nov 27, 1990: Piper PA60601P (N3AU), Lancaster, PA. Mechanical malfunction on climb. Returned. Found exhaust leak at the left engine near turbocharger.
- [Incident 19901026057859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901026057859I), Oct 26, 1990: Piper PA60601P (N3AU), Buffalo, NY. NR1 engine fire warning. Emergency landing. Turbo charger exhaust gasket leaked hot gas on detector.

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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