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| Date: | Tuesday 22 October 2002 |
| Time: | 11:52 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Owner/operator: | Fletcher Lavergne |
| Registration: | N7321H |
| MSN: | 18503361 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2078 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D-24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waterville-Lafleur Airport, Kennebec County, ME -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL/KWVL) |
| Waterville-Robert Lafleur Airport, ME (WVL/KWVL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that after landing, a gust of wind caught the tail of the airplane from the left. The pilot applied the brakes, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot also reported that he was operating in the traffic pattern with other airplanes, based on ASOS information of winds about 70 degrees from the left, at 7 to 10 miles per hour. Winds recorded 3 minutes after the accident were 130 degrees from the left, at 6, gusting to 15 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over. A factor was the quartering tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD03LA009
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 October 1989 | N7321H | Private | 0 | Rockwood, ME | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 07:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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