# Accident 19880926044759A: Cessna 177, Machias, ME, September 26, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1988, 20:45 local time
- Place: Machias, ME
- Airport: Machias Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7031° N, 67.4786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACHIAS VALLEY (MVM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7031&lon=-67.4786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2839X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2839X-1990-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 65 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880926044759A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE NIGHT LANDINGS. ON THIRD GO AROUND AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, ABORTED AND RAN INTO A DITCH ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC88LA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA244), Sep 27, 1988: Cessna 177 (N2839X), Machias, ME, substantial damage

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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