# Accident 19881207053089A: Piper PA34200, Laconia, NH, December 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1988, 14:25 local time
- Place: Laconia, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5730° N, 71.4178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LACONIA MUNI (LCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16502, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16502-1991-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 51 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881207053089A

## Narrative

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

PUT BOTH CROSSFEEDS ON AFTER LEFT TANK DRY, FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES. UNABLE RESTART DUE LOW BATTERY. CRASHED ON ROAD

## 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 NYC89LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA044), Dec 7, 1988: Piper PA-34-200 (N16502), Laconia, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE ROAD SIGN AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DOUBLE POWER LOSS DUE TO MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM BY THE PILOT.

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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