# Accident 19810110000969A: Cessna 172N, Wiscasset, ME, January 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Airport: Wiscasset
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WISCASSET (IWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2466E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2466E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 32 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810110000969A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SNOWDRIFTS  ON RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF. SWERVED INTO SNOWBANK. NO LICENSES, CROSSWIND, ALCOHOL, AND LIGHTS INOP.

## 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 NYC81FNC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC07), Jan 10, 1981: Cessna 172 (N2466E), Wiscasset, ME, substantial damage

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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