- Date
- December 8, 1985, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Peru, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36888Cessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851208060939A
- Case key
- 30174
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Vacuum system - failure,totalCause
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Flight/nav instruments,attitude gyro - inoperativeCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Spatial disorientationFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During IFR flight at 12000 feet both aircraft vacuum pumps failed. Aircraft descended in right turn off radar. Witnesses observed aircraft at low altitude above trees, circle, make steep left turn, climb and descend to ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36888
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0950
- Airframe hours
- 2,545
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard D. Friedman
- Registered owner
- Lawlor Service Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 29, 1985
- Departed
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 32 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 38 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.