# Accident 19900616023569A: Cessna 172D, Augusta, ME, June 16, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1990, 01:26 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2898U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2898U-1992-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900616023569A

## Narrative

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

STOLE FRIENDS AIRCRAFT. TOOK OFF IN IMC AT NIGHT LOST CONTROL. IMPACT WITH GROUND TOTALLY DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC90LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA131), Jun 16, 1990: Cessna 172 (N2898U), Augusta, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT, HIS DECISION TO ATTEMPT VFR FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE…

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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