Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Warren-Sugarbush Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Warren, Vermont 05674
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:33 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On May 21, 2014, about 0733 eastern daylight time, an Embraer EMB-110P1, N116WA, experienced a total loss of power in both engines while in cruise flight. The pilot subsequently made an emergency landing at Warren-Sugarbush Airport (0B7), Warren, Vermont. The certificated commercial pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained minor damage to the left wing flap. The airplane was registered to Piper East, Inc and was operated by Wiggins Airways Inc as Wiggins Airways Cargo Flight 1042, under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight that had departed Manchester International Airport (MHT), Manchester, New Hampshire about 0700 with an intended destination of Burlington International Airport (BTV), Burlington, Vermont.
The pilot reported to an investigator with the Vermont Aeronautics division that while in cruise flight at 8000 feet above mean sea level, the right engine "shutdown" and subsequently the left engine "shutdown." He declared an emergency and selected "nearest airport" on the airplane's GPS. However, the nearest airport, that had a runway greater than 3000 feet in length, a limitation set in the GPS, was beyond the airplane's glide capability. He subsequently noticed 0B7 about 5 miles away and began to setup for the approach to the runway. Immediately upon touchdown he utilized "aggressive braking: and the left tire deflated, the airplane veered to the left, the left main landing gear departed the paved portion of the runway, and subsequently the right tire deflated.
According to a Vermont Aeronautics investigator, tire skid marks began about 475 feet after the runway threshold, the left main landing gear departed the paved portion of the runway 942 feet past the initial tire skid marks, and the airplane came to rest 1509 feet past the initial tire skid marks, with 590 feet of runway remaining. Examination of the fuel tanks utilizing both the airplane's fuel gauges in the cockpit and the dripless stick method revealed that both fuel tanks were devoid of fuel.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 5/21/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 733 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Warren |
| Event State | VERMONT |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 05674 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 440703N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0724937W |
| Event Location Airport | WARREN-SUGARBUSH |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 0B7 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 20 |
| Airport Elevation | 1470 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 65 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KMPV |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1121 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 13 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA NEROCC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 9 2014 2:23PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N116WA |
| NTSB Number | ERA14IA249 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | EMBRAER |
| Aircraft Model | EMB-110P1 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 110399 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PIPER EAST INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | MANCHESTER |
| Aircraft Owner State | NH |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 031033335 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | WIGGINS AIRWAYS INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Manchester |
| Operator State | NH |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 03103 |
| Operator Code | AXSA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | AXSA325C |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MHT |
| Departure City | Manchester |
| Departure State | NH |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 700 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BVT |
| Destination City | Burlington |
| Destination State | VT |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jun 9 2014 2:16PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 22 |
| Runway Length | 2575 |
| Runway Width | 30 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |