ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284491
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 August 2007 |
| Time: | 19:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-60-601P Aerostar |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N60801 |
| MSN: | 61P07448063366 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2514 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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.
Probable Cause: The total loss of power in one engine during approach, due to a fatigue fracture of the crankshaft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC07LA183
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 17:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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