Cessna 182H N8558S

Summary

On 18 June 1982 at about 21:10 local time, a Cessna 182H registered N8558S, operated by Gregory H. Smith/Michael Lavdi, was involved in an accident near Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 June 1982 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Fairfield, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Michael Lavdie

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182H

Registration

N8558S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gregory H. Smith/Michael Lavdi

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Fairfield → Fort Fairfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82DA127

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE IN LOOSE GRAVEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE REPORTED THAT HE ROTATED FOR TAKEOFF BEFORE REACHING HIS ABORT POINT ABOUT 1000 FT DOWN THE 2100 FT RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RESPONDING AS IT NORMALLY DID, SO AS HE PASSED THE ABORT POINT, HE CUT THE POWER. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE PLANE CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. BEFORE STOPPING, IT ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL SMALL DITCHES, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.