# Accident 20140810014479A: Birchler Boyd EAGLE 540, Standish, ME, August 10, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2014, 17:30 local time
- Place: Standish, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7353° N, 70.5525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Standish, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7353&lon=-70.5525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34BJ-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Birchler Boyd EAGLE 540 (registry code 05621ZS, https://openairdocs.org/model/birchler-boyd-eagle-540) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BIRCHLER BOYD EAGLE 540
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA378) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140810014479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF N34BJ, DEPARTED THE NORTHERN AROOSTOOK RGNL AIRPORT, FRENCHVILLE, MAINE AFTER CONDUCTING AN AEOBATIC DEMONSTRATION IN HIS CHRISTEN EAGLE BI-PLANE, ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 10, 2014.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HRS WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4500 FEET OVER SEBAGO LAKE, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO ROUTE 35 IN STANDISH MAINE ABOUT 1.2 MILES FROM THE JUCTION OF ROUTE 35 AND 114, AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TORWARDS THE ROADWAY THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH LARGE TREE BRANCHES FROM AN OAK TREE, THE BRANCHES FORMED A CANOPY OVER ROUTE 35, THE AIRCRAFT SEVERED A STEEL CABLE THAT EXTENDED ACROSS THE ROADWAY FROM ONE POWER POLE TO ANTHER ACROSS THE ROADWAY, THE AIRCRAFT ALSO SEVERED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PHONE CABLE, THE AIRCAFT THEN IMPACTED THE ROADWAY WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO COLLAPSE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR UP TO THE FUSELAGE, THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID ALONG THE ROADWAY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THEN WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE INTO A DITCH, THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT.

## 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 ERA14LA378](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA378), Aug 10, 2014: Birchler Boyd Eagle 540 (N34BJ), Standish, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded…

## Other reports on N34BJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20120609010459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609010459A), Jun 9, 2012: Birchler Boyd EAGLE 540 (N34BJ), Kokomo, IN, Substantial damage. On Saturday, June 9, 2012 pilot [privacy data omitted] was performing at an air show for the wings and wheels air show held at the Kokomo, Indiana airport.…

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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