- Date
- May 16, 1978
- Place
- Trenton, ME · TRENTON, ME
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98720Cessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780516027169A
- Case key
- 141550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2338 78/5/16 TRENTON,ME CESSNA 402B CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2210 N98720 PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC 39, 7866 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2365 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAR HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME TRENTON,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PIC NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98720
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bar Harbor
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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.