# Accident 19930911033939A: Piper PA28180, Byfield, MA, September 11, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1993, 13:10 local time
- Place: Byfield, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7598° N, 70.9481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7598&lon=-70.9481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4898T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4898T-1993-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,119 total, 1,059 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930911033939A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER TO IDLE ON CLIMBOUT. STRUCK A CHIMNEY AND FELL INTO TREES. WITNESS HEARD ENGINE MISFIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 BFO93LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA171), Sep 11, 1993: Piper PA-28-180 (N4898T), Byfield, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CLIMB FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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