# Accident 19811111072949A: Cessna 180, Millinocket, ME, November 11, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.6592° N, 68.6981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millinocket, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6592&lon=-68.6981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7955V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7955V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811111072949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TRYING TO STAY BELOW CLOUDS IN LOWERING WEATHER CONDITIONS ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO CRASH INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC81FNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC01), Nov 11, 1981: Cessna 180 (N7955V), Millinocket, ME, destroyed

## Other reports on N7955V (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200622012049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200622012049A), Jun 22, 2020: Cessna 180H (N7955V), Burlington, VT, Substantial damage. Airman and CFI were finishing a 2.5HR VFR refresher flight which included multiple landings at several small fields, both grass and paved, in the btv area.…
- [Accident 20060802015949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802015949A), Aug 2, 2006: Cessna 180H (N7955V), Bozeman, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot, on a solo flight, was practicing touch-and-go landings to runway 30 at Gallatin field (kbzn), Bozeman, Montana. On the second landing, the…
- [Accident 19920712024919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920712024919A), Jul 12, 1992: Cessna 180H (N7955V), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Nosed over on landing roll. Hit a brake while using rudder to correct a swerve.

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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