# Accident 19880311005189A: Cessna 172P, Old Town, ME, March 11, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1988, 14:15 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt Field Old Town Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9523° N, 68.6745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEWITT FLD/OLD TOWN MUNI (OLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9523&lon=-68.6745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89219, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89219-1990-01-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 70 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880311005189A

## Narrative

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

WAS BLOWN OVER WHILE TURNING ONTO THE TAXIWAY. WIND EXCEEDED AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

## 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 NYC88LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA106), Mar 11, 1988: Cessna 172 (N89219), Old Town, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N89219 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19891001037389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001037389A), Oct 1, 1989: Cessna 172P (N89219), Bingham, ME, Destroyed. Turned downwind after takeoff into rising terrain. Unable to climb,stalled into trees. Two children without seatbelts

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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