# Accident 19810905055909A: Cessna 150, Carrabassett, ME, September 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Carrabassett, ME
- Airport: Sugarloaf
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0853° N, 70.2163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGARLOAF RGNL (B21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0853&lon=-70.2163&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3483V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3483V-2008-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 39 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810905055909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED STEEP CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. CRASH OCCURRED JUST OFF AIRPORT. PILOT CLIAMS POWER LOSS, UNKNOWN CAUSE.

## 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 NYC81FNC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC21), Sep 5, 1981: Cessna 150 (N3483V), Carrabassett, 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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