# Accident 19980410006439A: Piper PA60600, Presque Isle, ME, April 10, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1998, 18:37 local time
- Place: Presque Isle, ME
- Airport: Northern Maine Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MFEA
- Location: 46.6890° N, 68.0448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6890&lon=-68.0448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7527S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7527S-2000-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1F5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 123 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980410006439A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED AT THE END OF RWY 1 ON TAKEOFF, PILOT SUFFERED FATAL INJ ACFT WAS DESTROYED, PRESQUE ISLE, ME. (.4) THE TWIN-ENGINE AEROSTAR DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 1. WHILE ON INITIAL CLIMB, AFTER TAKE-OFF, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ROLL TO THE LEFT UNTIL IT BECAME INVERTED, AFTER WHICH THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  THE FUSELAGE WAS CONSUMED WITH A POST CRASH FIRE.  ON-SITE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE WING FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR WERE RETRACTED.  NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND THE AIRPLANE, ENGINES, OR PROPELLERS.  THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH PROPELLERS WERE ROTATING AND ABSORBING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 360 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS.                               (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PQI AT 1830 LCL UNDER VFR CONDITIONS.  AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROX. 500' AGL.  AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND IMMEDIATELY NOSED DOWN.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROX. 500' BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND 1000' TO THE WEST OF RUNWAY 01.

## 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 NYC98FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA092), Apr 10, 1998: Aerostar 600A (N7527S), Mapleton, ME, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N7527S (2)

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

- [Incident 19940429014469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429014469I), Apr 29, 1994: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Engine failed in flight. Diverted to Jacksonville. Found upper thru bolt had failed.
- [Incident 19881122068259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881122068259I), Nov 22, 1988: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Mobile, AL. Emergency hatch departed during descent. Landed safely. Retaining pin had slid out.

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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