# NTSB NYC82DA233: Cessna 205A, N4868U, Augusta, ME, September 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA233
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA233

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,normal brake system - corroded (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4868U-2012-12-07), registration cancelled 2012-12-07, S/N 205-0568, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5A(205A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5a-205a) (registry code 2073204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0568
- Airframe hours: 62
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820917047409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820917047409A), Sep 17, 1982: Cessna 2105A, Augusta, ME, Substantial damage. Left brake locked on landing roll. Veered off runway down an embankment, flipped over. Corroded carrier brake pins.

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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