# Accident 19870919082349A: Cessna 172P, Fitchburg, MA, September 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1987, 21:17 local time
- Place: Fitchburg, MA
- Airport: Fitchburg Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9033° N, 71.8870° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9033&lon=-71.8870&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99151, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99151-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870919082349A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC87LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA261), Sep 20, 1987: Cessna 172P (N99151), Fitchburg, MA, destroyed

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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