- Date
- April 14, 1986, 23:00 local (Apr 15, 1986, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hampden, ME
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6264WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860414012019A
- Case key
- 30320
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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
After taking off, the plt initiated a climb & leveled off at 2500'. As he reduced power to cruise, the eng stopped running. All attempts to restart the eng were unsuccessful. Subsequently, the acft was damaged when the plt landed on rocky pasture land. Fuel was found on board the acft. An exam of the acft & a teardown of the eng revealed no preimpact mechanical problem that would have resulted in a power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6264W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20311
- Airframe hours
- 2,122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Neil Bowser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 26, 1985 · 138 hours before
- Departed
- BGR · Banger, ME
- Destination
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Airport
- BGR · Bangor Int'L.
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,248 total · 263 in this make and model · 3,187 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.