- Date
- November 19, 1973
- Place
- Rangeley, ME · RANGELEY, ME
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92899Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731119037059A
- Case key
- 188080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3426 73/11/19 RANGELEY,ME CESSNA 172M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 394 TIME - 1757 N92899 PX- 0 2 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIDDEFORD,ME MILLINOCKET,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT ATMTG OBTAIN FIX IN TOTAL DARKNESS DID SEE MTNS OR TREES PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92899
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.