# Accident 19880909042249A: Cessna R182, Greenville, ME, September 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1988, 19:54 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6064C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6064C-1989-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880909042249A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED RIDGE. WAS ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED. TOLD BRIEFER HE COULD GO IFR.

## 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 NYC88FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA235), Sep 9, 1988: Cessna 182RG (N6064C), Greenville, ME, destroyed, 3 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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