# Accident 20000923040369A: Cessna 208B, Greenville, ME, September 23, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2000, 19:50 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FTSA
- Location: 45.4782° N, 69.5867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4782&lon=-69.5867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N590TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N590TA-2006-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000923040369A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2000, AT 1950 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 208B, N590TA, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3B1), GREENVILLE, MAINE. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, BETWEEN BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BGR), BANGOR, MAINE, AND GREENVILLE. THE CORPORATE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS PERFORMING A GPS RWY 14 APPROACH TO GREENVILLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED:                                              "THE AREA FORECAST INDICATED THAT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH OCCASIONAL LOW CEILING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY AND RAIN.... AT MDA, THE GROUND WAS VISIBLE OCCASIONALLY THROUGH FOG AND RAIN. NEAR MAP, THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE VISIBLE AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DESCENT. RUNWAY VISIBILITY WAS LOST, MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURES INSTITUTED. COLLISION WITH TREES OCCURRED."  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN ABOUT 2 MILES PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY, AT AN ELEVATION  OF APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET. THE AIRPORT ELEVATION WAS 1,400 FEET, AND ACCORDING TO THE GPS RWY 14 APPROACH PROCEDURE, THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE WAS 2,300 FEET. THE MISSED APPROACH POINT WAS OVER THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO WEATHER REPORTING FACILITIES IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, A WITNESS ON THE GROUND STATED THAT IT WAS FOGGY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23) DURING A GPS 14 APPROACH TO THE GREENVILLE, ME AIRPORT (3B1), THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC00LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA265), Sep 23, 2000: Cessna 208B (N590TA), Greenville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue his descent without visual contact with the runway, and his inattention to his altitude, in relation to the airport elevation.

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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