# Accident 20090801048289A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Livermore Falls, ME, August 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Livermore Falls, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4100° N, 70.1461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4100&lon=-70.1461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49778, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49778) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 160 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA433) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090801048289A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS DEPARTING BOWMAN FIELD (B10) IN LIVERMORE FALLS, ME.  DURING LATTER STAGES OF TAKEOFF ROLL AND CLIMBOUT AIRMAN NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER AND ENGINE WAS SLOWLY LOSING POWER.  WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO MAKE RETURN TO AIRPORT AND LIMITED CHOICES TO LAND, AIRMAN ELECTED TO SETTLE INTO PINE TREES NORTHWEST OF AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK LARGE PINE TREES AND SUBSEQUENLY SETTLED TO GROUND IN A MOSTLY LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH CABIN/FUSELAGE INTACT.  NO INJURIES AND NO POST IMPACT FIRE.  FOLLOWING RECOVERY OF WRECKAGE TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR, A CURSORY INSPECTION OF FUEL SYSTEM AND GENERAL AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT DURING HIS ENGINE RUNUP THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED ON WET GRASS WHICH HAD SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STANDING WATER IN SURROUNDING AREA.  WITH A RELATIVELY HIGH HUMIDITY AND HIGH TEMPERATURE IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ENGINE MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED A CONDITION OF CARBURATOR ICING THAT WENT UNDETECTED.  PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF FUEL SYSTEM FAILED TO REVEAL AN ABNORMALITIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED WITH AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WHICH DID NOT CONTAIN ETHANOL.  OWNER TO CONDUCT FURTHER INSPECTION OF CARBURATOR ONCE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RELEASED.

## 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 ERA09LA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA433), Aug 1, 2009: Boeing A75N1 (N49778), Livermore Falls, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N49778 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840908066579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840908066579I), Sep 8, 1984: Boeing PT17 (N49778), Greenville, ME, Minor damage. Pilot failed to correct for gusts on landing. Aircraft swerved off runway and struck tail of N92918 airplane.

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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