# Incident 20040228004539I: Piper J3C65, Millinocket, ME, February 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2004, 16:40 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Millinocket Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6478° N, 68.6856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINOCKET MUNI (MLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6478&lon=-68.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1401V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1401V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040228004539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC OF PIPER CUP N1401V, NOTED THE SURFACE OF THE ICE WAS ROUGH DURING TAKEOFF FROM LAKE CHESUNCOOK. AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT FELT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT AND NOTED THE RIGHT SKI WAS DANGLING FROM THE STRUT BY THE BUNGEE CORDS. LANDED AT MILLINOCKET AIRPORT WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE AT 1640 HOURS.

## Other reports on N1401V (3)

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

- [Accident 20240109002439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240109002439A), Jan 9, 2024: Piper J3C-65 (N1401V), Park Rapids, MN, Substantial damage. The pilot had pictures of the takeoff roll, and tracks were straight and uneventful. Pilot reported the aircraft dipped the left wing hard and abruptly turned…
- [Accident 20060529016369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060529016369A), May 29, 2006: Piper J3C65 (N1401V), Millinocket, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 29, 2006 the pilot [privacy data omitted] was pilot-in-command of N1401V a Piper J3C-65 configured for float operations. Upon landing the pilot…
- [Accident 19730223020519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730223020519A), Feb 23, 1973: Piper L4B (N1401V), Springfield, VT, Substantial damage

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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