Piper PA-18 N1473C
24 November 1983 · Great Pond, Maine, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 November 1983 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1473C was involved in an accident near Great Pond, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Great Pond, Maine, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N1473C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Great Pond → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC84LA040
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS GOING HUNTING IN A BOG WITH A STREAM RUNNING THRU THE AREA. REPORTEDLY, HE WAS MAKING A LOW PASS TO CHECK FOR ROCKS IN THE STREAM BEFORE LANDING WHEN A DEER JUMPED UP BESIDE THE FLOAT PLANE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS WATCHING TO SEE WHERE THE DEER WENT WHEN THE FLOATS CONTACTED THE GROUND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE SLID TO A STOP WITH ONLY THE FLOATS TOUCHING THE GROUND. THE FLOATS RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 2,950 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 1983 | Beechcraft SPORT | Bangor, Maine, United States | Roger L. Lathrop | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 1983 | Cessna 180H | Greenville, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Nov 1983 | Cessna 150 | Eliot, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1983 | Cessna 150M | Belfast, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 1983 | Cessna 152 | Millinocket, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1983 | Piper PA-34-200T | Rangeley, Maine, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |