- Date
- March 5, 1992, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brewer, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3768MPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920305005119A
- Case key
- 11765
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to land on an icy runway and then attempt to take off. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to completely raise the flaps after the balked landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was on a personal cross-country flight. As he neared his destination, he was instructed by approach control to delay his VFR approach due to landing traffic ahead of him. As he circled, he spotted a small grass landing field. He requested and received clearance to land there instead. As he touched down, he realized there were ice patches on the runway and elected to go around. The pilot raised the flaps to the full up position and applied take-off power. Shortly past the departure end of the runway, the airplane struck a tree and fell to the ground. After sliding along the ground, the airplane struck a garage and parked car.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3768M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7803192
- Airframe hours
- 1,755
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James A. Chalfin
- Registered owner
- James A. Chalfin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 7B2 · Northampton, MA
- Destination
- BGR · Bangor, ME
- Airport
- 0B2 · Brewer, runway 1, 1,700 × 25 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.