# Accident 19901126052009A: Piper PA28161, Marshfield, MA, November 26, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1990, 11:30 local time
- Place: Marshfield, MA
- Airport: Marshfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0998° N, 70.6893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marshfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0998&lon=-70.6893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4347H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4347H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,840 total, 900 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901126052009A

## Narrative

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

LOST PARTIAL POWER ON TAKEOFF. NOT CLIMBING,ABORTED AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN BRUSH,NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 NYC91LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA038), Nov 26, 1990: Piper PA-28-161 (N4347H), Marshfield, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN IN WHICH THE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE.

## Other reports on N4347H (1)

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

- [Incident 19840909060369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840909060369I), Sep 9, 1984: Piper PA28161 (N4347H), Centre Hall, PA, Minor damage. Flight instructor allowed the student to overrun the runway into grove of trees during gusty crosswind landing.

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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