Piper PA-28-140 accident near Rockland, ME
On June 21, 2008, a Piper PA-28-140 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Rockland, ME. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 21, 2008
- Place
- Rockland, ME
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-140 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.061°N, 68.079°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080710X01005
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 21, 2008, about 1042 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N8776N, was substantially damaged when it impacted a tidal flat in the vicinity of Crockett Point while maneuvering near Knox County Regional Airport (RKD), Rockland, Maine. The certificated private pilot was killed. Visual meteorological conditions were recorded at the airport, however; instrument meteorological conditions were observed in the vicinity and at the accident site. No flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, which was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The airplane was owned and operated by the members of the Knox County Flying Club. The accident pilot had rented the airplane for a one and a half-hour block that started at 1030 with another member scheduled for the airplane at 1200. One of the members talked with the accident pilot prior to her departure. He stated that the pilot was continuously checking the weather, and waiting for the overcast cloud layer to surpass 1,000 feet above ground level, so she could take her flight, which was going to remain in the traffic pattern at the airport. The witness observed the accident airplane take off and enter a fog bank immediately off the departure end of runway 13 near the water. The engine pitch then increased, and was followed shortly by the sound "of a thud." He along with two other ear witnesses immediately called 911 and then proceeded to find the accident scene. The airplane was found approximately 200 feet from the shoreline in about 4 feet of water, inverted in the tid
Probable cause
The non-instrument rated pilot becoming spatially disorientated after inadvertently entering instrument flight conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
