- Date
- August 26, 1972
- Place
- Thomaston, ME · THOMASTON, ME
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4874DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168377
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3320 72/8/26 THOMASTON,ME CESSNA 182A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 10000 TIME - 1335 N4874D PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3300 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMASTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THOMASTON,ME MATINICUS,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INTMT PWR SURGES,RETD TO FLD,LNDD ACROSS RWY.HIT TRACTOR/HAY RAKE.ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4874D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Thomaston
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