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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3 · Millinocket, ME · June 9, 1979

Date
June 9, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Millinocket, ME
Airport
Stratton Pond
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N23150
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79DNC29
Reported as
Piper J3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot took off from a small lake. Had only 1200 feet of usable runway. Mushed into trees on the takeoff end of rwy.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A SMALL LAKE. HAD ONLY 1200 FEET OF USABLE RUNWAY. MUSHED INTO TREES ON THE TAKEOFF END OF RWY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.