# Accident 20040812019289A: Cessna 172M, Brownvillejunct, ME, August 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2004, 07:34 local time
- Place: Brownvillejunct, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LDHA
- Location: 44.6935° N, 69.3829° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6935&lon=-69.3829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12959, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12959-2004-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040812019289A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 IAD04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA036), Aug 12, 2004: Cessna 172M (N12959), Brownville Junc, ME, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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