- Date
- May 11, 1973
- Place
- Greenville, ME · GREENVILLE, ME
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2985QCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730511011309A
- Case key
- 190091
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1899 73/5/11 GREENVILLE,ME CESSNA 402B CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 4471 TIME - 1800 N2985Q PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 290 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,NH GREENVILLE,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DSCNDD BLO MDA 2200FT MSL.HIT TREES AT 1400FT MSL.WITNESS RPRTD HILLSIDE IN FOG ABT HALFWAY UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2985Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.