- Date
- August 26, 1979
- Place
- Bangor, ME · BANGOR, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2508PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790826028649A
- Case key
- 133763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3533 79/8/26 BANGOR,ME PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1015 TIME - 1515 N2508P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 393 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAB AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 3 BY 8 INCH PIECE OF FOOD WRAPPING PLASTIC IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2508P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bab Airstrip
N2508PRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.