# Accident 19930807028029A: Cessna 172N, Leeds, ME, August 7, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1993, 13:19 local time
- Place: Leeds, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3034° N, 70.1195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leeds, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3034&lon=-70.1195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930807028029A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING LOW OVER A LAKE. WING HIT TREES. WAS TORN OFF. DESCENDED THROUGH TREES INTO  LAKE.

## 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 NYC93LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA146), Aug 7, 1993: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Leeds, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N739EP (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920902040929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920902040929I), Sep 2, 1992: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Portland, ME. Electrical system malfunctioned on approach to oxford. Flew to Portland. Landed safely. Alternator failed.
- [Accident 19820517016359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820517016359A), May 17, 1982: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Tabera, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of short sod runway. Pilot claims grass was slippery, runway was 1500 feet long.
- [Accident 19810119002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810119002219A), Jan 19, 1981: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Syracuse, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on short final. Nosed over in snow short of runway. Failed to use carbureator heat.

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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