# Incident 20060517008449I: Piper PA60601, Norwood, MA, May 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2006, 16:15 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7502S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060517008449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ IS THE OWNER OPERATOR OF A TWIN ENGINE PIPER AEROSTAR. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA TO NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ REPORTED UPON DESCENT TO THE NORWOOD AIRPORT HE WAS UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER IN THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ TURNED OFF THE LEFT ENGINE FUEL SUPPLY TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ COULD NOT MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT LINE TO THE RUNWAY. HE TURNED THE FUEL BACK ON AND STARTED THE LEFT ENGINE. HE CLAIMED HE CAME IN FAST AND MADE A HARD LANDING. THE CONTROLS WERE BOUND DUE TO THE LEFT ENGINE INBOARD EXHAUST PIPE FALLING OFF AND COOKING THE CABLES AT THE FIREWALL. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ AND OPERATOR OF A TWIN-ENGINE AEROSTAR AND HIS WIFE WERE CONDUCTING A VFR FLIGHT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, FL TO NORWOOD, MA. PILOT REPORTED HAVING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS LEFT ENGINE THROTTLE JAMMED AT 65% POWER SETTING. MIXTURE CONTROL ALSO REPORTED AS JAMMED. CONSEQUENTLY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES CONTROL                                              LING THE ENGINE THROTTLE, FUELFLOW, AND MIXTURE CONTROL AS WELL, WHILE MAKING AN EFFORT TO LAND HIS AIRCRAFT SAFELY AT NORWOOD, AIRPORT. NTSB HAS DOWNGRADED THIS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT TO AN INCIDENT ON JULY 10, 2006. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PTRS ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

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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