# Incident 19810512057909I: Dhav DHC6300, Unity, ME, May 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Unity, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ANEA
- Location: 44.6186° N, 69.3445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Unity, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6186&lon=-69.3445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N386EX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,041 total, 3,629 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81IA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512057909I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZH IN CLIMB HAD INTENSE VIBRATION. LANDED IN FARM FIELD. REPLACED CENTER ELEVATOR HINGE BOLT P/N AN 175-27A.

## 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 NYC81IA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81IA048), May 12, 1981: Dehavilland DHC-6 (N386EX), Unity, ME, incident, minor 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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