# Accident 19890104000169A: Piper STCPA22, Limington, ME, January 4, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1989, 14:30 local time
- Place: Limington, ME
- Airport: Limington Harmon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4169° N, 70.5268° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4169&lon=-70.5268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5704D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5704D-1991-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA22
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890104000169A

## Narrative

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

SEVERE TURBULENCE FROM GUSTY WINDS. PILOT BEGAN GO AROUND AND STALLED INTO TREES. WAS OVER CONTROLLING AND TOO SLOW

## 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 NYC89FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA062), Jan 4, 1989: Piper PA-22-150 (N5704D), Limington, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS, LACK OF PILOT EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF…

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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