# Accident 20180730018369A: Piper 60-602P, Greenville, ME, July 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2018, 10:55 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGRRS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 60-602P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 136 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018369A

## Narrative

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

WHILE EN ROUTE FROM CYTA TO CYYG AT FL230, APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A POWER LOSS AND MADE A RAPID DESCENT.  ATC PROVIDED VECTORS TO 3B1.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT AND STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO FLY A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 14.

WITNESSES ON THE GROUND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT OVERFLY THE AIRPORT IN A POSITION THAT APPEARED TO BE A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 21.  BOTH WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING THE PROPELLERS TURNING, AND ONE WITNESS REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINES RUNNING.  THE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MANEUVER AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, AND INITIATE A LEFT TURN, WITH AN INCREASING BANK ANGLE.  WITNESSES FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE DESCREASING ITS AIRSPEED, UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE, PRE OR POST-IMPACT.

THE AIRCRAFT, LOCATED 300 FEET PRIOR TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21, WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT.  ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS WERE PRESENT AT THE SITE.  BOTH ENGINES APPEARED TO BE INTACT, WITH DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS INDICATING THEY WERE TURNING UNDER LOW POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  NEITHER PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED.  FUEL TANKS APPEARED TO BE HYDRAULICALLY DEFORMED, AND EVIDENCE OF BROWN VEGETATION DISCOLERATION WAS NOTED.  FIRST RESPONDERS INDICATED THAT A STRONG FUEL ODOR WAS PRESENT THE PREVIOUS DAY.

ENGINE INSPECTION BY LYCOMING PERSONNEL, AND PROPELLER INSPECTION BY HARTZELL PERSONNEL DID NOT FIND ANY ABNORMALITIES.

TOXICOLOGY TESTING IS PENDING.  THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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