# Accident 19901122051089A: Cessna 172M, Presque Isle, ME, November 22, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1990, 21:20 local time
- Place: Presque Isle, ME
- Airport: Northern Maine Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6812° N, 68.0159° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Presque Isle, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6812&lon=-68.0159&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9086H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9086H-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 238 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901122051089A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED DURING VOR APPROACH. FREEZING RAIN IN AREA AND IN BRIEFING. AIRFRAME ICED UP A FACTOR.

## 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 NYC91FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA034), Nov 23, 1990: Cessna 172M (N9086H), Perham, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT INITIATING FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCUMULATION OF AIRFRAME ICE AND A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE EXISTING ICING CONDITIONS.

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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