# NTSB NYC66D0350: Cessna 180, N2620Y, Mariaville, ME, November 4, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 4, 1965
- Place: Mariaville, ME · MARIAVILLE, ME
- Location: 44.7206° N, 68.4156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mariaville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7206&lon=-68.4156&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66D0350
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66D0350

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3333   65/11/4   MARIAVILLE ME       CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10000
        TIME - 1230                    N2620Y              PX-  0  0  1  AERIAL SURVEY             TOTAL HOURS, 5000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- DOWNWIND TAKEOFF FROM RESTRICTED WATER AREA. STABILIZR AND ELEVATOR STRUCK TREE STUMP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2620Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2620Y-1995-05-11), registration cancelled 1995-05-11, S/N 18051120 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180e) (registry code 2072612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N2620Y (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 NYC90DNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90DNC01), Sep 26, 1990: Cessna 180E (N2620Y), Kingston, NH, destroyed. Probable cause: AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH WATER WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A FORCED LANDING. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE MIXTURE CONTROL.

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.

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