# Accident 19730511011309A: Cessna 402B, Greenville, ME, May 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1973
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2985Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2985Q-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,471 total, 290 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730511011309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DSCNDD BLO MDA 2200FT MSL.HIT TREES AT 1400FT MSL.WITNESS RPRTD HILLSIDE IN FOG ABT HALFWAY UP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC73AN141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN141), May 11, 1973: Cessna 402B (N2985Q), Greenville, ME, destroyed, 6 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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