- Date
- September 17, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4868UCessna 205A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820917047409A
- Case key
- 69843
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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
On landing, a severe drag on the left landing gear overcame pilot's attempted corrections. The aircraft went off the runway, down an embankment and overturned. The left brake locked, due to corrosion of carrier pins.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4868U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0568
- Airframe hours
- 62
- Engine
- Continental IO-470S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Atlantic Tree Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Tree Service, Inc.
- Departed
- Simsbury, CT
- Destination
- Monmouth, NJ
- Airport
- AUG · Augusta State, runway 35, 4,199 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 60 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.