# Accident 19831124058539A: Piper PA18, Great Pond, ME, November 24, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1983, 07:00 local time
- Place: Great Pond, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9403° N, 68.2820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Pond, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9403&lon=-68.2820&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1473C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1473C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 772 total, 165 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831124058539A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CONTACTED GROUND AND STOPPED UPRIGHT WHEN PILOT WAS ON A DEER SPOTTING FLIGHT.

## 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 NYC84LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA040), Nov 24, 1983: Piper PA-18 (N1473C), Great Pond, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1473C (2)

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

- [Incident 20170818020699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818020699I), Aug 18, 2017: Piper PA-18 (N1473C), Carry Falls, NY, Minor damage. Upon landing on the beach at Carry Falls reservoir, NY, the aircraft experienced a sand bar causing the aircraft to flip onto its back causing minor damage to…
- [Accident 19740519013869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740519013869A), May 19, 1974: Piper PA18 (N1473C), Winslow, 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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