TOWNSHIP 10, RANGE 11 (AP) – A Maine Warden Service plane will undergo repairs on a lake in northern Maine after it sustained wing and propeller damage when a pilot was taxiing it on the frozen snow-covered lake.

The plane was damaged last Saturday when pilot Daryl Gordon was turning it on Clear Lake and a ski on the aircraft’s landing equipment crumpled, said Mark Latti, spokesman for the Department of Inland fisheries and Wildlife.

The plane then tipped onto its nose and wing, with its tail sticking up in the air. Gordon had flown to Clear Lake to check on a Maine Warden Service camp.

Gordon, who was not injured, used his radio to call for assistance. He was picked up at the lake by another warden pilot.

Clear Lake is located about 15 miles east of the Allagash River Waterway in northern Piscataquis County.

Latti said the plane will be repaired at Clear Lake and flown from there once repairs are made. The plane is one of three Cessna 185s owned by the Maine Warden Service.

The Federal Aviation Administration, the National Traffic Safety Board and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection were notified of the incident, Latti said. There was fuel spilled at the site, but not enough to initiate a cleanup response, he said.