# Incident 20191221019449I: Piper PA-28-181, Halifax, MA, December 21, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Halifax, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9912° N, 70.8620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Halifax, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9912&lon=-70.8620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8117U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8117U-2021-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191221019449I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 1B9 AND FLEW DIRECT TO 28M. PURPOSE TO MEET THE I/A AND TO CONCLUDE TEST FLIGHTS FOR THE OVERHAULED ENGINE INSTALL.

AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN ON A LEFT-BASE FOR RUNWAY 36. THROTTLED DOWN TO AN APPROACH POWER SETTING OF 1500 RPMS  ON FINAL, PILOT NOTICED THAT HE COULD NOT THROTTLE BACK. THROTTLE MOVED WITH NO CORRESPONDING ENGINE RPM CHANGE.

PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE LANDING BY ADDING POWER AND LEVELING OFF TO STOP LOSING ALTITUDE. THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE FULL THROTTLE INPUT.

PILOT CLIMBED OVER THE HEIGHT OF THE TREES AND ENTERED A SLOW SHALLOW LEFT TURN TO BE DOWNWIND OF THE RUNWAY.

PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A BASE TURN WITHOUT DESCENDING INTO TREES.

PILOT ELECTED TO PUT AIRCRAFT DOWN INTO A POND IN THE LOCAL AREA.

PILOT WAS RESCUED BY LOCALS.

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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