Maule 235C N56356

21 May 1980 · Eagle Lake, Maine, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 21 May 1980 at about 16:17 local time, a Maule 235C registered N56356, operated by Northland Outf, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Eagle Lake, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 May 1980 at 16:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Eagle Lake, Maine, United States
Nearest airport: Eagle Lake
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Maule 235C
Registration: N56356
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Northland Outf
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0819

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLOAT EQPD.DOWNWIND TKOF FRM LAKE.WIND GUSTING 24K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0819, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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