# Accident 19940812021439A: Piper PA18150, Grand Lake Stre, ME, August 12, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1994, 18:30 local time
- Place: Grand Lake Stre, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1795° N, 67.7744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Lake Stream, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1795&lon=-67.7744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8588Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8588Y-1997-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 336 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940812021439A

## Narrative

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

FLOATPLANE TOOK OFF ON LAKE. BUZZED FRIENDS ON SHORE. PULLED STRAIGHT UP STALLED. DIVED INTO LAKE. NOSED OVER.

## 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 BFO94FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA134), Aug 12, 1994: Piper PA-18-150 (N8588Y), Grand Lake Strm, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A MANEUVER AT AN ALTITUDE INSUFFICIENT FOR RECOVERY. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS PILOT PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT DUE TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.

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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