Piper AEROSTAR 601P N60801
2 August 2007 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 August 2007 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper AEROSTAR 601P registered N60801, operated by Austin Brennen, was involved in an accident near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE)
- Coordinates
- 26.1972, -80.1706
- Aircraft
- Piper AEROSTAR 601P
- Registration
- N60801
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Austin Brennen
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fort Lauderdale → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC07LA183
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The total loss of power in one engine during approach, due to a fatigue fracture of the crankshaft.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
As the airplane turned onto final approach in the traffic pattern, at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the right engine began a violent vibration and started to lose power. The airplane was unable to maintain altitude, and the pilot attempted a forced landing to a road. As the airplane reached an altitude of approximately 300 feet, it began to lose directional control and impacted a traffic light. After touchdown, the airplane began to skid and impacted several objects on the ground before coming to rest. Metallurgical examination of the right engine revealed that it lost power due to a fatigue-fractured crankshaft. The pilot had positioned the right propeller control to feather, but the right propeller did not feather due to the fractured crankshaft. The engine was most recently overhauled 11 years prior to the accident, and the engine had accumulated 471 hours since then.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper AEROSTAR accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2008 | Piper AEROSTAR 6 | Middletown, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2009 | Piper AEROSTAR 6 | Minga Guazu, Paraguay | N601RP Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Aug 2010 | Piper AEROSTAR 601P | Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Piper AEROSTAR 602P | Seattle, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Aug 2011 | Piper AEROSTAR 601P | Alpine, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jan 2002 | Piper AEROSTAR 601P | Stonyford, California, United States | John Michael Turner | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2007 | Beechcraft 76 | Pahokee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 21 Apr 2007 | Cessna 182Q | Cudjoe Key, Florida, United States | Mark A Chase | Fatal | 3 |
| 20 Sep 2007 | Cessna 190 | Yulee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2007 | Piper PA-24-250 | Wimauma, Florida, United States | Robert H. Meier | No injuries | - |