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FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Brownvillejunct, ME · August 12, 2004

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Date
August 12, 2004 · 07:34 local
Place
Brownvillejunct, ME
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LDHA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N12959
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD04LA036
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
14,500 total3,500 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days
N12959Registration cancelled Sep 27, 2004 · Cessna 172MS/N 17262404 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Aircraft departed pushaw lake, ME enroute to lobster lake, ME on 08/12/2004 at 0715 EDT. Weather reported at 0758 at millinockett, Maine (MST) 25 NM northeast of the accident site included an overcast ceiling at 700 feet above ground level (AGL). Elevation of mlt is 408 feet above mean sea level (MSL). Tops of mountainous terrain at and around the accident site were obscured by clouds at 1,100 feet MSL. Wreckage was located on 08/13/2004 at 1435 EDT an an elevation of 1,383 MSL on the southeastern slope of houston mountain near brownville junction, ME. Evidence of initial impact was the right horizontal stabilizer of the CE-172 severely crumpled and lodged in a tree approximately eighty feet above ground level. Impact marks and broken limbs on trees eminate from that point along an azimuth of 340 degrees (magnetic) for a distance of approximately 200 feet in a relatively level plane. Most of the aircraft wreckage lies directly below the last of these impact marks. There was moderate impact and post impact fire. The aircraft was completely destroyed. The pilot received fatal injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PUSHAW LAKE, ME ENROUTE TO LOBSTER LAKE, ME ON 08/12/2004 AT 0715 EDT. WEATHER REPORTED AT 0758 AT MILLINOCKETT, MAINE (MST) 25 NM NORTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE INCLUDED AN OVERCAST CEILING AT 700 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). ELEVATION OF MLT IS 408 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL). TOPS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT AND AROUND THE ACCIDENT SITE WERE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AT 1,100 FEET MSL. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 08/13/2004 AT 1435 EDT AN AN ELEVATION OF 1,383 MSL ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SLOPE OF HOUSTON MOUNTAIN NEAR BROWNVILLE JUNCTION, ME. EVIDENCE OF INITIAL IMPACT WAS THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE CE-172 SEVERELY CRUMPLED AND LODGED IN A TREE APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. IMPACT MARKS AND BROKEN LIMBS ON TREES EMINATE FROM THAT POINT ALONG AN AZIMUTH OF 340 DEGREES (MAGNETIC) FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET IN A RELATIVELY LEVEL PLANE. MOST OF THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE LIES DIRECTLY BELOW THE LAST OF THESE IMPACT MARKS. THERE WAS MODERATE IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB IAD04LA036Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportBrownville Junc, METhe pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane's controlled flight into rising terrain. Factors included the instrument meteorological conditions and the rising terrain.Aug 12, 2004 · Substantial damage