# Accident 19860615024199A: Piper PA28140, Palmer, MA, June 15, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1986, 11:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, MA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1584° N, 72.3287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1584&lon=-72.3287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1866T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 13 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860615024199A

## Narrative

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

CLIMBED AT HIGH PITCH AFTER LIFTOFF AND DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY HEADING. PUSHED FORWARD ON YOKE, SETTLED IN SOFT GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA152), Jun 15, 1986: Piper PA-28-140 (N1866T), Palmer, MA, destroyed

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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