# Accident 20090703053869A: Cessna 172H, Clifton, ME, July 3, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2009, 18:49 local time
- Place: Clifton, ME
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8192° N, 68.5697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8192&lon=-68.5697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1782F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1782F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA382) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090703053869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AND AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK AND LAND ON THE LAKE.  THE PILOT HIT A DOCK ON LANDING AND DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE.  ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ERA09CA382](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA382), Jul 3, 2009: Cessna 172H (N1782F), Clifton, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's mismanagement of his fuel supply which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N1782F (1)

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

- [Incident 19990130000939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130000939I), Jan 30, 1999: Cessna 172 (N1782F), Apple Creek, OH, Minor damage. Pilot reported that the engine had quit and the acft crashed 1 1/S miles of the arpt and came to rest inverted. Other circumstances are unknown. (-5) pilot had…

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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