- Date
- April 2, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brewer, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5082HPiper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30225
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
The plt had been using auto gas in this acft, however, he experienced water contamination problems and discontinued its use. He then found himself at an arpt needing fuel. The arpt only had auto gas available so the plt refueled the acft with auto gas. While making a touch and go at Brewer arpt he experienced a partial power loss on climbout at 700-800 ft AGL. He decided to land on an unopened section of highway. Just prior to touchdown he noticed a set of power lines in his path. He dove to pass under the power lines and struck the road hard enough to bounce back into the air. He then lost control of the acft which descended to the left. The acft flipped over on touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5082H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-981
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alfred P. Webster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1985 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- OB2 · Brewer, runway 1, 1,800 × 6 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 606 total · 456 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 10 nm away