# NTSB Accident GAA18CA538
> **Avid AVID MAGNUM** · 2018-09-06 · Carrabassett Valley, ME, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** GAA18CA538
- **Event ID:** 20180906X60001
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-09-06
- **Location:** Carrabassett Valley, ME, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.133335, -70.333335
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Avid
- **Model:** AVID MAGNUM
- **Registration:** N2137G
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper decision to initiate the flight in marginal visual flight rules over mountainous terrain, which resulted in an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological and downdraft conditions and the subsequent controlled flight into trees and terrain.

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