# Accident 19880529016539A: Piper PA28140, Dixfield, ME, May 29, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1988, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dixfield, ME
- Airport: Swans Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5141° N, 70.4068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Swans Field (3S2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5141&lon=-70.4068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54368, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54368-1989-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 65 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880529016539A

## Narrative

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

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. STRUCK TREES TRYING TO LAND. AIRCRAFT BURNED DESTROYING EVIDENCE OF FIRE ORIGIN.

## 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 NYC88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA156), May 29, 1988: Piper PA-28-140 (N54368), W. Peru, ME, 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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