# Incident 19780402008719I: Cessna 140, Waterville, ME, April 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Waterville, ME
- Airport: Lafleur Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5453° N, 69.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waterville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5453&lon=-69.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2001N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2001N-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 22 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780402008719I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OVER ROUGH GROUND AFTER LANDING PARALLEL TO RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N2001N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960425008509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960425008509A), Apr 25, 1996: Cessna 140 (N2001N), Houlton, ME, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Impacted rough terrain. Indicates low fuel unported. AFM states no takeoff low fuel.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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