Beechcraft B23 N7651R

Summary

On 7 December 1986 at about 17:25 local time, a Beechcraft B23 registered N7651R, operated by Earic Edwards, was involved in an accident near Trenton, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 December 1986 at 17:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Trenton, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Bar Harbor

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft B23

Registration

N7651R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Earic Edwards

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bar Harbor → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA046

Nobody was 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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.