# Accident 20130830016789A: Cessna 172, Limington, ME, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 13:40 local time
- Place: Limington, ME
- Airport: Limington-Harmon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7628° N, 70.6744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7628&lon=-70.6744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8063B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8063B-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 37 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA388) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830016789A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON DEPARTURE ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 28 UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT RUN UP THEN TAKE-OFF AND STARTED GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE, SPUN AND CRASHED.  OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING AND SEEING THE AIRCRAFT START DOWN THE RUNWAY. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE MOVING SLOWER THAN NORMAL. NO WITNESSES ACTUALLY HEARD ANY ABNORMAL SOUNDS. AIRCRAFT WAS ORIENTED 180 DEGREES FROM TAKE-OFF. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT.

## 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 ERA13FA388](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA388), Aug 30, 2013: Cessna 172 (N8063B), Limington, ME, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An impairing medical event of undetermined origin that led to a loss of control during takeoff.

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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