# Accident 19810626036619A: Cessna 172F, Pownal, ME, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 17:10 local time
- Place: Pownal, ME
- Airport: Pownal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8757° N, 70.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pownal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8757&lon=-70.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8324U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNC13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036619A

## Narrative

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

LACKED FULL POWER ON TAKEOFF. CRASHED INTO TREES OFF END OF RUNWA. UNLICENSED AIRPLANE. ENGINE POOR CONDITION.

## 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 NYC81FNC13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC13), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna 172F (N8324U), Pownal, ME, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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