# Incident 19870507012479I: Cessna 180B, Farmington, ME, May 7, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1987, 11:30 local time
- Place: Farmington, ME
- Airport: George Young
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6684° N, 70.1440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6684&lon=-70.1440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9130T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9130T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870507012479I

## Narrative

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

THE LEFT GEAR HIT SOFT GROUND DURING TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO A STAND OF ALDER TREES.  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N9130T (1)

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

- [Accident 20180620008299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180620008299A), Jun 20, 2018: Cessna 180B (N9130T), Kent, WA, Substantial damage. CFI providing certifcated student instruction on conventional landing gear equiped aircraft. On landing rollout, student applied excessive braking, causing the…

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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