- Date
- July 21, 1984, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Seboomook Lake, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9276DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721034729A
- Case key
- 35718
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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
The acft was on final for a water landing when a bird hit the windscreen according to the plts statement. A witness who observed a dark object (thought to be a cormorant, since several were seen in the area before & after the accident) saidthe object floated away from the acft wreckage after the accident. There was a large hole in the windscreen and cuts of the plts face from flying glass and the effect of his glasses being forcibly impacted into his eyebrows. The plt has a vague recollection of an impact at aprx 50 ft AGL. When he revived he was in the water, he said, and after releasing himself, he managed to escape through the door from the submerged, inverted acft. A man on shore had heard the acft crash and came to the plts aid, giving him a ride to shore in a boat. The plt had maintained a higher apch to miss objects seen in the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9276D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6579
- Airframe hours
- 2,790
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Dean
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Jackman, 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
- Age
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 26,388 total · 450 in this make and model · 14,588 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °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.
Other investigations on N9276D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.