# Accident 19960724019739A: Cessna 182P, Bangor, ME, July 24, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1996, 10:44 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7370° N, 68.7255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7370&lon=-68.7255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9920E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9920E-1996-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 65 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960724019739A

## Narrative

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

LOW TIME NEW IRA MADE SEVERAL MISSED APPROACHES. FINALLY SPATIAL DISORIENTATION NO DOUBT CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL.

## 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 NYC96FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA157), Jul 24, 1996: Cessna 182P (N9920E), Brewer, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, during a missed approach, after diverting to an alternate destination, while on his first solo flight in instrument meteorological 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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