- Date
- November 19, 1978
- Place
- Bangor, ME · BANGOR, ME
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N91470Cessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781119035099A
- Case key
- 138594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3561 78/11/19 BANGOR,ME CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1232 TIME - 1205 N91470 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BANGOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME BIDDEFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91470
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bangor
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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.