# Accident 19840825045189A: Cessna 172, Pownal, ME, August 25, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1984, 15:59 local time
- Place: Pownal, ME
- Airport: Pownal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8757° N, 70.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Pownal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8757&lon=-70.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5091A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5091A-2013-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,207 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FNC09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNC09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825045189A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN BUZZING AREA FOR 20 MINUTES WHEN IT DIVED INTO TREES ON THE LAST PASS.

## 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 NYC84FNC09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNC09), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 172 (N5091A), Pownal, ME, destroyed, 1 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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