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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Fitchburg, MA · September 19, 1987

Date
September 19, 1987 · 21:17 local
Place
Fitchburg, MA
Airport
Fitchburg Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N99151
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87LA261
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total3,000 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Plane collided with trees and terrain on a hill while executing an NDB approach. Was left of approach course.

As the FAA filed it

PLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN ON A HILL WHILE EXECUTING AN NDB APPROACH. WAS LEFT OF APPROACH COURSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.