# NTSB NYC82DA150: Cessna 172N, N1302F, Millinocket, ME, July 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1982, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Location: 45.6592° N, 68.6981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millinocket, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6592&lon=-68.6981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71709
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71709/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA150

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
- Nose over, takeoff - initial climb

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1302F-1995-05-19), registration cancelled 1995-05-19, S/N 17272992 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-72882
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lincoln Aire
- Registered owner: Lincoln Aire
- Departed: CHESUNCOOK LAKE, ME
- Destination: LINCOLN, ME

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820711027149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820711027149A), Jul 11, 1982: Cessna 172N, Millinocket, ME. Reaching for watch on aircraft floor at 50 feet AGL on takeoff,passenger moved yoke forward. Aircraft hit water,sank

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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