- Date
- January 10, 1981
- Place
- Wiscasset, ME · WISCASSET, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2466ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810110000969A
- Case key
- 127117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0002 81/1/10 WISCASSET,ME CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 36, TIME - 1915 N2466E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 220 TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WISCASSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISCASSET,ME ORANGE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- EXPIRED STUDENT CERTIFICATE,TAXI LIGHT/LANDING LIGHT INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2466E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiscasset
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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.