19791221037379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Turner, ME · December 21, 1979

Date
December 21, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Turner, ME
Airport
Twitchells
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6417X
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FNC05
Reported as
Cessna 180
Reported engine
Continental O470A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
554 total13 in this make and model14 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.

Oil on windshield on takeoff. Attemptd turn back to runway. Aircraft stalled, hit wires. Found loose oil line.

As the FAA filed it

OIL ON WINDSHIELD ON TAKEOFF. ATTEMPTD TURN BACK TO RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT STALLED, HIT WIRES. FOUND LOOSE OIL LINE.

NTSB investigation

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