# Incident 19840111010809I: Beech 200BEECH, Old Town, ME, January 11, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1984, 09:15 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9342° N, 68.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9342&lon=-68.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18454 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A41
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 28 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840111010809I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR HIT A SNOW DRIFT ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO LEFT INTO A SNOWBANK. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

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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