44.4038° N, 70.7864° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, ME, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 23, 2002
Place
Bethel, ME
Airport
Col Dyke Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2983E
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
Pilot’s flight hours
6,950 total150 in this make and model100 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.
(-23) Landed on wet runway with main wheels first. Gust of wind hit airplane as it was coming to a stop. Aircraft was pushed sideways and hit a snowbank with main wheels. Aircraft then ground looped and came to rest inverted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) LANDED ON WET RUNWAY WITH MAIN WHEELS FIRST. GUST OF WIND HIT AIRPLANE AS IT WAS COMING TO A STOP. AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED SIDEWAYS AND HIT A SNOWBANK WITH MAIN WHEELS. AIRCRAFT THEN GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.