# Incident 19900306007109I: Piper PA23250, Portland, ME, March 6, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1990, 19:33 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BFVA
- 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: N40259, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40259-2014-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 275 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900306007109I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE THROTTLE STUCK ON APPROACH. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. FOUND CABLE WAS FROZEN. FREED UP AND LUBED SAME.

## Other reports on N40259 (3)

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

- [Accident 20031211035529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211035529A), Dec 11, 2003: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Buffalo, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 11, 2003 at 2205 EST, a Piper PA-23-250, N40259, registered to northeast aviation inc. air operator naha caught fire after landing at Buffalo…
- [Incident 19910703025839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910703025839I), Jul 3, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Green Bay, WI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Hydraulic fluid leaking from the hydraulic pump assembly.
- [Incident 19900410022679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900410022679I), Apr 10, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N40259), Bangor, ME, Minor damage. Fire in right engine on climb. Returned. Fire out before landing. Exhaust pipe had split.

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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