# Accident 19900923041489A: Piper PA24260, Eliot, ME, September 23, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1990, 14:15 local time
- Place: Eliot, ME
- Airport: Littlebrook Air Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1531° N, 70.8001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eliot, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1531&lon=-70.8001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8664P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8664P-1991-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 4 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900923041489A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED AND BURNED DURING ATTEMPED VFR TAKEOFF SIX WITNESSES HEARD ENGINE BACKFIRE AND APPARENT NOT FULL POWER.

## 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 NYC90FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA227), Sep 23, 1990: Piper PA-24-260 (N8664P), Eliot, ME, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. FACTORS WERE THE OVER WEIGHT CONDITION, UPSLOPING RUNWAY, PREMATURE ROTATION, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN TYPE AIRCRAFT AND GENERAL AVIATION…

## Other reports on N8664P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740902029809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740902029809A), Sep 2, 1974: Piper PA24260 (N8664P), Rockland, ID, Substantial damage. Pwr loss on downwind leg. Attmptd lndg on dirt road. Wing struck dirt bank. Aux tank gauge read 1/4.

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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