- Date
- September 10, 1979
- Place
- Greenville, ME · GREENVILLE, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N12736Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790910028039A
- Case key
- 133936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 79/9/10 GREENVILLE,ME CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2841 TIME - 1545 N12736 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1486 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 180 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12736
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greenville Bay
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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.