Cessna 172P N52178

Summary

On 1 June 1982 at about 21:15 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N52178, operated by Turner Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Greenville, Maine, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 June 1982 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N52178

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Turner Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Moosehead Lake → Chamberlain Lak

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82DA112

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 REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THERE WAS A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AFTER THE FLOAT PLANE HAD CLIMBED ABOUT 200 TO 300 FT. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED, BUT THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE EFFECT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER THE PLANE STARTED TO SETTLE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY GAINED FULL POWER. AFTER REGAINING AIRSPEED AND REENTERING A CLIMB, THERE WAS ANOTHER PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CRASH LANDED IN A WOODED AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.