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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Frchld PT19A · Carrabassett, ME · October 5, 1981

Date
October 5, 1981 · 15:45 local
Place
Carrabassett, ME
Airport
Sugarload Regiona
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N60542
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC82FA001
Reported as
Frchld PT19A
Reported engine
FCD 6440C2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
315 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot suffered heart attack on takeoff climb. Airplane dived into trees.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. AIRPLANE DIVED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.