# Accident 19780808036609A: Stolac UC1, Edgewater, MD, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978
- Place: Edgewater, MD
- Airport: Lee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.9429° N, 76.5684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEE (ANP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9429&lon=-76.5684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stol UC-1 (registry code 8640202, https://openairdocs.org/model/stol-uc-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAC UC1
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,659 total, 1,348 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FIG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808036609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRIED TO TURN BACK TO FIELD RATHER THAN LAND STRAIGHT AHEADWATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD78FIG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIG15), Aug 8, 1978: United Cons UC-1 (N250MP), Edgewater, MD, destroyed

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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