# Accident 19940828023799A: Piper PA18, Barre Montpelie, VT, August 28, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1994, 10:45 local time
- Place: Barre Montpelie, VT
- Airport: Edward F Knapp State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2035° N, 72.5621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARD F KNAPP STATE (MPV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2035&lon=-72.5621&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: CONT C9012F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 538 total, 231 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940828023799A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES LANDING ON RUNWAY 23. ON FINAL TRIED ADD POWER TO CLEAR BUT CARBURETOR ICING WAS PRESENT.

## 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 BFO94LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA154), Aug 28, 1994: Piper PA-18 (N720PC), Montpelier, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR REASONS UNDETERMINED.

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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