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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182F · Carrabassett Va, ME · April 7, 1991

Date
April 7, 1991 · 17:00 local
Place
Carrabassett Va, ME
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3120U
Reported as
Cessna 182F
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total600 in this make and model45 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.

Engine quit on climb to cruise. Had carburetor iceing made worse by turning heat on and off. Stalled into trees.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. HAD CARBURETOR ICEING MADE WORSE BY TURNING HEAT ON AND OFF. STALLED INTO TREES.