# Accident 19800625023189A: Piper PA18S, Patten, ME, June 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Patten, ME
- Airport: Big Caribou Pond
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 46.0043° N, 68.4428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patten, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0043&lon=-68.4428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1933A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1933A-1983-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800625023189A

## Narrative

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

HEAVILY LOADED SEAPLANE STRUCK TREES AFTER A WATER TAKEOFF. FACTORS AT OR OVER GROSS WT, WARM DAY, LIGHT WIND.

## 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 NYC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA048), Jun 25, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N1933A), Patten, ME, 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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