# Accident 19890713024849A: Piper PA11, Walpole, ME, July 13, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1989, 14:30 local time
- Place: Walpole, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9559° N, 69.5587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walpole, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9559&lon=-69.5587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5014H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5014H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Reported engine: CONT C908F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 125 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713024849A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FALTERED THEN QUIT AFTER DESCENT FOR LANDING. ON LANDING STRUCK POWERLINE. NO DEFECTS. POSSIBLE CARB ICING.

## 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 NYC89LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA163), Jul 13, 1989: Piper PA-11 (N5014H), Walpole, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE POWERLINE WHICH THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED.

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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