- Date
- June 25, 1980
- Place
- Patten, ME · PATTEN, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1933APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800625023189A
- Case key
- 131023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1575 80/6/25 PATTEN,ME PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2600 TIME - 1410 N1933A PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG CARIBOU POND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTEN,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1933A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Big Caribou Pond
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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.