44.9342° N, 68.6453° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 11, 1984 · 09:15 local
Place
Old Town, ME
Airport
Dewitt
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18454
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total28 in this make and model125 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.
Left gear hit a snow drift on takeoff. Aborted. Aircraft veered to left into a snowbank. Collapsed nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT GEAR HIT A SNOW DRIFT ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT INTO A SNOWBANK. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.