# NTSB NYC87LA046: Beech B23, N7651R, Trenton, ME, December 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1986, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Trenton, ME
- Location: 44.4390° N, 68.3700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4390&lon=-68.3700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30568
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30568/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA046

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT HAD CLIMBED TO 600 FT & WAS CLIMBING AT 300 FT/MIN, WHEN THE ENG 'STARTED TO LABOR,' THEN QUIT RUNNING. HE USED CARBURETOR HEAT & 'PRIMED THROUGH POWER REDUCTION,' BUT THE ENG WOULD NOT RESTART. DURING AN EMERG LNDG ON ROUGH TERRAIN, THE ACFT WAS DMGD. AT THAT TIME, THE TEMP WAS BELOW FREEZING (25 DEG F).NO MECHANICAL REASON WAS FND FOR THE LOSS OF PWR. WHEN THE CARB WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENG & DISSASSEMBLED, THE BOWL WAS FULL OF FUEL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF WATER CONTAMINATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7651R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1259
- Airframe hours: 2146
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Earic Edwards
- Registered owner: Eric D. Edwards
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 24, 1986
- Departed: BAR HARBOR, ME
- Airport: Bar Harbor, runway 35, 3,364 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 357 total, 262 in this make and model, 296 as pilot in command, 66 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 25 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861207086969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861207086969A), Dec 7, 1986: Beech 23BEECH, Bar Harbor, ME, Substantial damage. The engine failed after takeoff. The aircraft landed in rough terrain. Carburetor icing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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