- Date
- October 29, 1982, 09:57 local (13:57 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N90439Ted Smith 601P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69844
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Pilot lost control of his aircraft during low altitude maneuvers to align the aircraft for landing. The low ceiling and rising terrain around the airport influenced the pilots decisions to make tight turns at low altitude. The aircraft was stalled and rolled inverted onto the runway during a turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90439
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0251-045
- Airframe hours
- 1,715
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Saul Duff Kronovet
- Registered owner
- Saul Duff Kronovet
- Departed
- Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- Augusta, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AUG · Augusta State, runway 35, 5,149 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,659 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUG