# Incident 20000814025959I: Piper PA60600, Sussex, NJ, August 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2000, 10:10 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8073J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8073J-2019-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (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 IO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000814025959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING CRUISE AT 7000 FEET A VIBRATION DEVELOPED AND HE DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. NOTE: INVESTIGATION #IEA0520000015

## Other reports on N8073J (3)

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

- [Incident 19921125053109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921125053109I), Nov 25, 1992: Piper PA60600 (N8073J), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. While taxiing to ramp aircraft ran into a ditch between new ramp and off parking ramp. No lights on ramp.
- [Accident 19870910057622A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870910057622A), Sep 10, 1987: Piper PA60600 (N8073J), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Empannage struck by a taxiing N3643D while stopped on taxiway waiting for departure. Tail light possibly not lit.
- [Accident 19840207070649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840207070649A), Feb 7, 1984: Piper PA60600 (N8073J), Newark, NJ, Substantial damage. Veered off side of runway after landing, hitting taxiway sign. Right main torque link assembly broken.

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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