# Incident 19810914071419I: Cessna 337H, Old Town, ME, September 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9342° N, 68.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9342&lon=-68.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1327L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1327L-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337H (registry code 2075732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337H
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 150 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810914071419I

## Narrative

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

JACK PAD FELL FROM WING DURING TAKEOFF, STRUCK AND DAMAGED REAR PROPELLER. PILOT COULD NOT SYNCRONIZE PROPELLERS.

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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