- Date
- May 20, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9052MCessna 180H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830520020599A
- Case key
- 35189
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The wx was estimated at 2,000 to 2,500 ft overcast when the flt departed Greenville at 1820. Horseshoe pond is 1,500 ft MSL & surrounded by 2,700 ft mountains. As the acft approached the pass the pond was visible. However a south wind prevailed & fog had rolled over the ridge enveloping the pass. Visibility was reduced to near zero within yards of the pond. The plt was unable to turn around in the pass & made a forced landing in the tree tops.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9052M
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052152
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Jacks Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1982 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Greenville, ME
- Destination
- Horseshoe Pond, ME
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,650 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.