# Accident 19850825077549A: Beech 99, Auburn, ME, August 25, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1985, 22:05 local time
- Place: Auburn, ME
- Airport: Lewiston Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BHAA
- Location: 44.0979° N, 70.2312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0979&lon=-70.2312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300WP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 5,153 total, 504 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA85AA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85AA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850825077549A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES ON FINAL. THE PILOT ACCEPTED NONSTANDARD VECTORS AND CONTINUED AN UNSTABILIZED APPROACH.

## 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 DCA85AA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85AA035), Aug 26, 1985: Beech 99 (N300WP), Auburn, ME, destroyed, 8 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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