- Date
- July 11, 1982, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Millinocket, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1302FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820711027149A
- Case key
- 71709
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After takeoff at about 50 ft AGL the plt reached down to recover his watch which had fallen to the floor. At the same time the pax accidently pushed forward on the other wheel causing the acft to hit the water & nose over. The acft sank &was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1302F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-72882
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lincoln Aire
- Registered owner
- Lincoln Aire
- Departed
- Chesuncook Lake, ME
- Destination
- Lincoln, ME
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,749 total · 1,080 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.