- Date
- January 28, 1978
- Place
- Wayne, ME · WAYNE, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8818BCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780128001789A
- Case key
- 158617
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0299 78/1/28 WAYNE,ME CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 604 TIME - 1615 N8818B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCASSET LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE BROOK,ME WAYNE,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- UNPREPARED LNDG STRIP,STRUCK SNOW PATCH. STRUCK SNOW PACTCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8818B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pocasset Lake
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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.