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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Rangeley, ME · February 5, 2011

Date
February 5, 2011 · 11:30 local
Place
Rangeley, ME
Airport
Haines Landing Me
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2367N
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total720 in this make and model6 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.

Pilot was attempting to land on a frozen lake. The Landing area was plowed in preparation for a fly-in that was scheduled. The pilot while on short final realized he was aligned on the wrong side of the cone markers. The pilot attempted to correct, caught a wing and flipped. Aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A FROZEN LAKE. THE LANDING AREA WAS PLOWED IN PREPARATION FOR A FLY-IN THAT WAS SCHEDULED. THE PILOT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL REALIZED HE WAS ALIGNED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE CONE MARKERS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, CAUGHT A WING AND FLIPPED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.