- Date
- June 26, 1981
- Place
- Pownal, ME · POWNAL, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8324UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810626036619A
- Case key
- 125274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2857 81/6/26 POWNAL,ME CESSNA 172F CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3000 TIME - 1710 N8324U PX- 0 1 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POWNAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POWNAL,ME SANFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED 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 TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD PROBABLE WNDSHFT.PLT INJURIES INCLUDED PULMONARY EMBOLUS,DIED 7/9/81 AFT EMBOLECTOMY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8324U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pownal
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.