# Accident 20110324004639A: Cessna A185F, Clear Lake, ME, March 24, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2011, 17:15 local time
- Place: Clear Lake, ME
- Airport: Airport Name
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5156° N, 69.1339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5156&lon=-69.1339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N724MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N724MT-2013-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: TCM IO520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,549 total, 3,146 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11GA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11GA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110324004639A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 24. 2011 ABOUT 1715 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY STATE OF MAINE DEPT OF INLAND FISHERIES & WILDLIFE CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO HOME BASE AFTER ASSISTING ANOTHER WARDEN WITH A DISABLED SNOWMOBILE.  THE PILOT DEPARTED ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER AND THE GAME WARDEN REPORTED THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED, VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAT 1/2 MILE DUE TO SNOW.  THE PILOT WAS REPORTED MISSING ABOUT 2000 ON 3/24/11.  AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 0915 ON 3/25/11 ON CLEAR LAKE NEAR THE ALLAGASH WILDERNESS.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON A FROZEN, SNOW-COVERED  LAKE AND ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE SCENE.  THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT WAS IDENTIFIED BY AN AREA OF BROKEN ICE WITH DEBRIS FROM THE AIRPLANE SCATTERED ALONG A WRECKAGE PATH ABOUT 350 FEET IN LENGTH.  THE MAIN CABIN EXHIBITED EXTENSIVE IMPACT-RELATED DAMAGE AND DEFORMATION.  THE PROPELLER WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE AND ALL THREE BLADES EXHIBITING DAMAGE.  THE WRECKAGE WAS RETAINED FOR FURTHER POST-RECOVERY EXAMINATION.  POST EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED BY FACTORY MANUFACTUER 'S SAFETY INVESTIGATORS, FAA IIC AND NTSB IIC.  NO ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED ON EITHER THE AIRFRAME OR ENGINE.  AWAITING FUTHER TOXIOLOGY AND AUTOPSY REPORTS.

## 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 ERA11GA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11GA207), Mar 24, 2011: Cessna A185F (N724MT), Ashland, ME, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An inadvertent encounter with localized instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.

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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