East Lebanon Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

West Lebanon, Maine 04027
Saturday, July 27, 1985 10:40 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER OVERRUNNING THE AIRSTRIP FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR. THE PLT REPORTED THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND THE APPLICATION OF CARB HEAT DID NOT INCREASE THE PWR. DURING THE LANDING APCH THE ENG BEGAN RUNNIN ROUGHER AND ABOUT 1/2 OF THE NORMAL PWR COULD BE PRODUCED. FULL PWR WAS GAINED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE PATTERN AND THE PLT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AS THE ACFT ALT WAS TOO HIGH FOR A LANDING. WHEEN APPROACHING THE TURN TO BASE LEG, A TOTAL LOSS OF PWR WAS EXPERIENCED. THE ACFT WAS LANDED MID-FLD ON THE DIRT AIRSTRIP. UNABLE TO STOP, THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE END OF THE STRIP WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/27/1985
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1040
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City WEST LEBANON
Event State MAINE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 04027
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport EAST LEBANON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 200
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1053 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID PWM
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 25000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 12
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 340
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 896
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jul 27 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1200
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 28123
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N8951T
NTSB Number NYC85LA195
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182C
Aircraft Series Identifier 182C
Aircraft Serial Number 52851
Certified Max Gross Weight 2650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GEORGE IRELAND
Aircraft Owner Street Address UPPER GUINEA ROAD
Aircraft Owner City LEBANON
Aircraft Owner State ME
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 04027
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Other Work Use
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34
Runway Length 2000
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --