- Date
- September 25, 1985, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Canada Falls Lk, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54103Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850925057279A
- Case key
- 30159
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Wind information - inadequateCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
Cessna 172, a floatplane encountered a wind gust while landing on water. In an attempt to compensate for the wind. One of the wings contacted the water surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54103
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C172
- Airframe hours
- 1,980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Folson'S Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1985 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- Greenville, ME
- Airport
- runway 9
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 345 total · 345 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °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.