# Accident 19910301003829A: Piper PA60600, Fort Smith, AR, March 1, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1991, 16:55 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7488S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7488S-1991-07-19) (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 IO540G1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910301003829A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. TRIED RETURN. HIT TREES. BURNED. ENGINES HAD RECENT OVERHAUL WERE 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 FTW91FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA045), Mar 1, 1991: Piper PA-60-600 (N7488S), Fort Chaffee, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT. FACTORS WERE THE IMPROPER OVERHAUL OF THE ENGINES BY OTHER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RESULTING IN OIL LOSS, DETERIORATED ENGINE…

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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