# Accident 19960603012389A: Cessna 320C, Winslow, ME, June 3, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1996
- Place: Winslow, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Location: 44.5534° N, 69.6085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winslow, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5534&lon=-69.6085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78KA-1997-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320C (registry code 2074510, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960603012389A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED CLIMB TO FL180, TRANSPONDER AND COMMUNICATIONS LOST, LOCATED IN RIVER.

## 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 IAD96FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96FA090), Jun 3, 1996: Cessna 320C (N78KA), Winslow, ME, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions, and his loss of aircraft control, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent into terrain (river). The known icing condition was a…

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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