# Accident 20030907025699A: Cessna 180D, Greenville, ME, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 10:28 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4700° N, 69.5336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4700&lon=-69.5336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6445X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6445X-2010-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 175 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907025699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1028 LCL, A CESSNA 180D ON FLOATS, N6445X, PILOTED BY MICHAEL J. CONABOY, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2089588, COM SEL/SES & ATP MEL, AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MOOSEHEAD LAKE, EXPERIENCED LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL. ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT USING POWER, RUDDER AND ELEVATOR WERE NOT EFFECTIVE AND AIRCRAFT STRUCK WATER IN A RIGHT WING LOW AND NOSEDOWN ATTITUDE CAUSING IT TO CARTWHEEL. AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN WITH CABIN SUBMERGED. CFI CONABOY, ACTING AS PIC OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT AND WAS GIVING MR. FREDERICK SCHICK, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 35308699, PRIVATE PILOT WITH SEL/SES/INST RATINGS, A CURRENCY CHECKOUT. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WERE RESCUED BY A NEARBY BOATER. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC03LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03LA196), Sep 7, 2003: Cessna 180D (N6445X), Greenville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate installation and inspection of an aileron cable by maintenance personnel, which resulted in a loss of control in-flight and subsequent collision with water.

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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