# Accident 19891108044769A: Piper PA60601P, Cincinnati, OH, November 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1989, 09:00 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2467° N, 84.3890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2467&lon=-84.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601LC-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-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 PA60601P
- Reported engine: LYC IO540S1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 260 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891108044769A

## Narrative

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

STALLED DURING TIGHT TURN WHILE CIRCLING AIRPORT TO LAND AFTER A VCR APPROACH. LEVELED JUST PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 CHI90LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA023), Nov 8, 1989: Piper 601P (N601LC), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING TO CIRCLE AND LAND, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE EXCESSIVE MANEUVER (STEEP TURN)…

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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