# Accident 19820618025599A: Cessna 182H, Ft Fairfield, ME, June 18, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1982, 17:10 local time
- Place: Ft Fairfield, ME
- Airport: Michael Lavdie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7622° N, 67.8435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Fairfield, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7622&lon=-67.8435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8558S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8558S-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 68 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820618025599A

## Narrative

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

DURING ABORTED TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT HIT DITCHES CAUSING NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE AND AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED.

## 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 NYC82DA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA127), Jun 18, 1982: Cessna 182H (N8558S), Fort Fairfield, ME, substantial damage

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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