Piper PA-23-250 N13808

Summary

On 28 April 1987 at about 07:45 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N13808 was involved in an accident near Portland, Maine, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 April 1987 at 07:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N13808

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hartford → Portland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87LA135

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.