# Incident 20050929026239I: Piper PA28161, Falmouth, MA, September 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Airport: Otis Angb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8285B) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 80 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050929026239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ RENTED THE AIRPLANE FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM ALPHA ONE FLIGHT SCHOOL AT THE PLYMOUTH AIRPORT. WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND AT PLYMOUTH SHE DETERMINED THAT SHE WAS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER AIRPLANE AND ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND MAKE ANOTHER TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE POWER FOR LANDING THE THROTTLE LEVER MOVED FREELY, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE REMAINED AT FULL POWER. SHE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND EVENTUALLY FLEW TO OTIS ANGB (FMH), EIGHTEEN MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST. A MA STATE POLICE AIRWING HELICOPTER RENDERED FLIGHT ASSISTANCE BY OBTAINING FREQUENCIES AND ESCORTING N8285B TO OTIS ANGB. THE LANDING AT OTIS AFB WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY USING THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO CONTROL ENGINE POWER. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD BROKEN IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N8285B (2)

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

- [Incident 20260621012619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260621012619I), Jun 21, 2026: Piper PA-28-161 (N8285B), New Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Summary of the events: the aircraft was on an instructional flight from plymouth airport (kpym) to New Bedford airport (kewb). The approach and touchdown on…
- [Incident 19881024068939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881024068939I), Oct 24, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N8285B), Bismarck, ND. Departed without radios. Reentered traffic pattern and landed runway 31. Air carrier on short final runway 13.

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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