- Date
- September 18, 1984, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stonington, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2052XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840918056699A
- Case key
- 35768
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Light condition - nightFactor
Airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailableFactor
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
Plt was delayed in return flt to home arpt and arrived at the unlighted strip in darkness. The plt misjudged his runway alignment on approach, colliding with trees 15 ft from the runway during the landing flare.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2052X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256152
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reginald Greenlaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- PWM · Portland, ME
- Airport
- 93B · Stonington, runway 7, 2,100 × 60 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.