# Accident 19870429012519A: Piper PA23250, Portland, ME, April 29, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1987, 03:45 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BPBA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13808, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13808-1990-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 2,900 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870429012519A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED ON A NOB APPROACH. ICING AND DOWNDRAFT POSSIBLE FACTORS. PILOT ALLOWED DESCENT BELOW MDA.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N13808 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810827067339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810827067339I), Aug 27, 1981: Piper PA23250 (N13808), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. Right gear drag link bolt broke on taxi. Found left link bolt cracked. AN7-27 bolt installed instead of AN177-27

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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