- Date
- December 16, 1974
- Place
- Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8726PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741216040669A
- Case key
- 144975
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4109 74/12/16 AUGUSTA,ME PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1825 N8726P PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 2619 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 27 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA BANGOR,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY,MISSED AS ROAD TURNED,STRUCK DITCH.DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8726P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Augusta State
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.