- Date
- April 28, 1987, 03:45 local (07:45 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13808Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30637
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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 pilot of the PA-23 was attempting an NDB approach into the Portland, ME. Int'l jetport. The wx was rpt'd as moderate turbulence and moderate or greater icing, the icing level was rpt'd from the surface to 16000 ft. prior to this NDB approach the pilot had attempted an ILS to this airport. He had been advised that it was rpt'd out of service. Both approaches were to rwy 11. The pilot was located approx 10 hrs later trapped in the wreckage of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13808
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-4453
- Airframe hours
- 8,646
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Corporate Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 23, 1987 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Destination
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 2,900 in this make and model · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Observed at
- PWM, 6 nm away