- Date
- August 29, 1977
- Place
- Patten, ME · PATTEN, ME
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4569FCessna A185E
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770829025669A
- Case key
- 145767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2506 77/8/29 PATTEN,ME CESSNA A185E CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 4160 TIME - 1030 N4569F PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1003 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEAKED MTN POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTEN,ME SHIN POND,PATTEN,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE TERRAIN - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 92 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- 2300FT WATER ROLL,UN OUTCLIMB SURROUNDING TERRAIN.MTN WEST OF POND.FLOAT EQPD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4569F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peaked Mtn Pond
N4569FRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.