# Incident 20111013024239I: Piper AEROSTAR 600, Mt Pleasant, SC, October 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2011, 14:02 local time
- Place: Mt Pleasant, SC
- Airport: Charleston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8962° N, 80.0382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charleston International Airport (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8962&lon=-80.0382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3643D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3643D) (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 AEROSTAR 600
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 30 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111013024239I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 13, 2011 A TWIN ENGINE PIPER AEROSTAR 600 MODEL AIRPLANE DEPARTED CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (JZI) DESTINED FOR WEST PALM BEACH,(PBI) FL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER AND WITHIN MINUTES THE  LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AS WELL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A MARSH 4 MILES SOUTH OF MT. PLEASANT AIRPORT, SOUTH CAROLINA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD.  BOTH ENGINES APPEARED TO BE AT IDLE OPERATION AT TOUCHDOWN. IT WAS ALSO NOTED AT THE TIME THAT THE FUEL CAP AREAS SHOWED SIGNS OF FUEL STAINS STREAKING BACK ON THE WING.    ON NOV. 7, 2011 THE AIRPLANE WAS AIR LIFTED TO MT. PLEASANT AIRORT, MT. PLEASANT,  SC. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SECTION WAS PLACED ON WOODEN PALLETS, BECAUSE IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE NOSE GEAR UPPER BRACE HAD BEEN DAMAGED DURING LANDING.ON NOV.14, 2011, FAA WITNESSED THE OPERATION OF N3643D AT THE MT. PLEASANT AIRPORT.  THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINE FUEL SYSTEMS WERE OPENED UP AND ALL THE FUEL WAS DRAINED INTO A CONTAINER AND VISUALLY ANALYZED, WITH NO CONTANIMENTS FOUND. THE FUEL TANKS WERE SUMPED AT THE FUSELAGE SUMP DRAINS AND NO CONTANIMENTS WERE FOUND. THE FUEL SYSTEMS WERE RECONNECTED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SERVICED WITH 10 GALLONS OF NEW FUEL IN EACH WING TANK.  BOTH ENGINES WERE STARTED. BOTH ENGINES WERE OPERATED FOR 30 MINUTES, DURING THE 30 MINUTES OF OPERATION, BOTH ENGINES  ACCELLERATED NORMALLY, IDLED NORMALLY, AND ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS ON BOTH ENGINES INDICATED NORMAL READINGS. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND EXCEPT THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD A SLIGHT MISS DURING ITS OPERATION, HOWEVER THE ENGINE DEVELOPED POWER WITH NO PROBLEM.THE ENGINE CONTROLS IN THE COCKPIT OPERATED NORMALLY. BOTH BOOST PUMPS AND ENGINE DRIVEN PUMPS OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N3643D (2)

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

- [Accident 19870910057621A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870910057621A), Sep 10, 1987: Piper PA60600 (N3643D), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Ran into the empannege of N8073J that had stopped on the taxiway. Rain on windshield and using a checklist factors.
- [Incident 19821118065909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821118065909I), Nov 18, 1982: Piper PA60601 (N3643D), West Mifflin, PA, Minor damage. During landing rollout aircraft struck a deer crossing the runway.

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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