# Accident 19830930052589A: Cessna 170B, Livermore Falls, ME, September 30, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1983, 22:35 local time
- Place: Livermore Falls, ME
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4100° N, 70.1461° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (B10), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4100&lon=-70.1461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2429D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2429D-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT C1452
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 449 total, 105 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830930052589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED GROUND FOG DURING NIGHT LANDING. AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND.

## 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 NYC83FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA260), Oct 1, 1983: Cessna 170B (N2429D), Livermore Falls, ME, destroyed, 3 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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