# Accident 19990529006069A: Piper PA60600, Montgomery, AL, May 29, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1999, 17:25 local time
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Airport: Dannelly Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3047° N, 86.3907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3047&lon=-86.3907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601JS-2000-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1J5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006069A

## Narrative

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

CFT CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RWY 10, AT MID-FIELD, RT WING DIPPED THEN LEVELED OF, APRX 1500 FT LATER ACFT MADE RT TURN, IMPACTED GROUND SE OF RWY. 6 MINOR INJURIES.                                                                (.4)DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL  AND INITIAL CLIMB BOTH ENGINES WERE PRODUCING NORMAL POWER. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED THROUGH 150 FEET, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FEATHERED THE LEFT PROPELLER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT FOLLOWING THE SECURING OF THE LEFT ENGINE, THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO 'POWER DOWN.' THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A CLIMB ATTITUDE AND WAS FORCED TO LAND ON THE AIRPORT IN A GRASSY AREA. THE SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE COCKPIT DISCLOSED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE WAS IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION, AND THE RIGHT THROTTLE LEVER WAS IN THE MID-RANGE POSITION. BOTH PROPELLER LEVERS WERE FOUND FULL FORWARD. THE LEFT ENGINE MIXTURE LEVER WAS IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION, AND THE RIGHT MIXTURE LEVER FULL AFT, OR LEAN,  POSITION. THE FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF BOTH ENGINES WAS CONDUCTED. INITIALLY THE LEFT ENGINE WOULD NOT START, BUT AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE FUEL SYSTEM, THE LEFT  FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS DETERMINED TO HAV E BEEN DEFECTIVE. THE 'LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER LIFTOFF' CHECKLIST REQUIRES THAT THE PILOT IDENTIFY THE INOPERATIVE ENGINE AND TO FEATHER THE PROPLELLER FOR THE INOPERATIVE.                                                 (-23)AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 HOURS, CDT, N601JS, A PA-60-600, AEROSTAR, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA ^, LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF FROM DANNELLY FIELD AND CRASH LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS SOUTH OF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 10 AT DANNELLY FIELD, MONTOGOMERY REGIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT NO CREW OR PASSENGER INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 ATL99LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA098), May 29, 1999: Piper PA-60-600 (N601JS), Montgomery, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent shutdown of the wrong engine that resulted in the total loss of engine power. A factor was the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation when the left fuel boost pump 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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