# Incident 19970421017989I: Cessna 180H, Old Town, ME, April 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt Fld,Old Town Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9523° N, 68.6745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEWITT FLD/OLD TOWN MUNI (OLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9523&lon=-68.6745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2421F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2421F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970421017989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 04, THE LEFT BRAKE SEEMED TO LOCK, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY, WHEELS STRUCK MUD AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.

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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