# Accident 20020814038609A: Cessna 172G, Sangerville, ME, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 19:25 local time
- Place: Sangerville, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1667° N, 69.4167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1667&lon=-69.4167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56BC-2006-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814038609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER/OPERATOR PRIVATE PILOT ATTEMPTING LANDING ON PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN RURAL AREA. AIRSTRIP IS TURF WITH 100 FOOT ELEVATION CHANGE OVER 2,200 FEET LENGTH. TALL TREES SURROUND ALL PERIMETER. PILOT STATED HE WAS "A LITTLE TOO HIGH" ON HIS APPROACH, AND HE "TRIED TO GO AROUND". HE BEGAN A REJECTED LANDING MANEUVER AT 60 MPH AND 10 FEET OFF SURFACE. PILOT STATED THAT HE "GOT TOO SLOW IN CLIMB" AND WHEN HE STARTED TO TURN HE "GOT INTO A STALL AND HIT THE TREES". PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE APPROACH WITH FULL FLAPS AND HE COULD NOT RECALL WHETHER HE HAD RETRACTED THE FLAPS FOR THE GO AROUND. FLAPS WERE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AT TIME OF IMPACT. PILOT STATED THAT HE FREQUENTLY CHECKED FOR CARBURETOR ICE AND HE FELT HE HAD ADEQUATE POWER. DURING POST EVENT INSPECTION THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL WAS IN THE "ON" POSITION. IT HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED WHETHER THE CARB HEAT WAS FORCED ON DURING IMPACT. FLAPS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN RETRACTED FULLY PRIOR TO IMPACT AS THEY ARE CRUMPLED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. FLAP CONTROL IS ELECTRIC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC02LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA165), Aug 14, 2002: Cessna 172G (N56BC), Sangerville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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