- Date
- June 12, 1985, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Old Town, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82126Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850612024769A
- Case key
- 35890
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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.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - water,glassy
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateFactor
Airspeed - improperCause
Remedial action - delayedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Analysis
During a pwr off landing, the instructor noticed that the airspeed was low. The instructor applied full pwr; however, the acft stalled and the plt was unable to recover the acft prior to coming in contact with the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82126
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7809134
- Airframe hours
- 3,112
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Maine Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Falcon, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1985
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,108 total · 15 in this make and model · 1,922 as pilot in command · 252 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.