# Accident 19881226056349A: Cessna 172E, Wiscasset, ME, December 26, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1988, 14:50 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Airport: Wiscasset Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WISCASSET (IWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3736S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 223 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881226056349A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST TURNED AIRCRAFT 45 DEGREES ON ROLLOUT. TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT CAUGHT TREE TOPS ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. CRASHED

## 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 NYC89LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA055), Dec 26, 1988: Cessna 172 (N3736S), Wiscasset, 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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