# Accident 20050805017659A: Cessna 172G, Eustis, ME, August 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2005, 11:05 local time
- Place: Eustis, ME
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1636° N, 70.4506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1636&lon=-70.4506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5924R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5924R-2007-08-16) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 97 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050805017659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE APPROACH TO PRIVATE LANDING STRIP WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1200' LONG. HE OVERSHOT LANDING DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED AND TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAST. HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT STOP IN TIME AND INTENDED TO GO AROUND. ON CLIMB OUT HE HAD TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN TO GO THROUGH A CLEARING IN THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING HIT SOME BRUSH AND TREES. AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE ADJACENT FIELD.

## 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 IAD05CA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA117), Aug 5, 2005: Cessna C-172G (N5924R), Eustis, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a bush during the aborted landing.

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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