- Date
- November 28, 1987, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- E.Harwich Port, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9714JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871128068749A
- Case key
- 36068
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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 departed chatham airport for a local pleasure flight. Shortly after takeoff and while turning left in the pattern, the engine suffered a power loss. The pilot prepared for an emergency landing and transmitted a 'may day'. The aircraft crashed in a wooded area. The FAA reported that the pilot pulled the mixture control instead of the carb heat control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9714J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3905
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cape Cod Aero Marine
- Registered owner
- Cape Cod Aero Marine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Chatham Municipal, runway 6, 3,000 × 100 ft, macadam
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 355 total · 237 in this make and model · 237 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.