# Accident 20100516034029A: Cessna 172N, Blue Hill, ME, May 16, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2010, 09:25 local time
- Place: Blue Hill, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4419° N, 68.5683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4419&lon=-68.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733XD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N733XD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,602 total, 340 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100516034029A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VMC CONDITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARING APPLICANT FOR PRIVATE PILOT FLIGHT TEST.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HANCOCK COUNTY/BAR HARBOR AIRPORT (BHB) FOR BLUE HILL AIRPORT (07B) WHERE SHOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WERE TO BE CONDUCTED.  STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTED TWO CROSS-WIND LANDINGS AT 07B.  AFTER THE COMPLETING OF THE SECOND LANIDING, CFI WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEMONSTRATE A CROSS-WIND LANDING TO THE STUDENT WHEN UPON TOUCH DOWN THE CFI LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.LEFT WING TIP OF AIRCRAFT CONTACTED ROW OF TREES, LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT PIVOTED LEFT AND STRUCK ROW OF TREES.  NEITHER PILOT WERE INJURED.

## 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 ERA10CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA268), May 16, 2010: Cessna 172N (N733XD), Blue Hill, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inability to maintain directional control while landing with gusting winds.

## Other reports on N733XD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851018059849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851018059849I), Oct 18, 1985: Cessna 172N (N733XD), Fairbanks, AK. Engine lost RPM after liftoff. Landed on runway without damage. Cause of malfunction to be reported.

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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