# NTSB NYC84LA316: Cessna 182H, N2052X, Stonington, ME, September 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1984, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Stonington, ME
- Location: 44.1732° N, 68.6803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STONINGTON MUNI (93B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1732&lon=-68.6803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35768
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35768/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA316

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256152
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 73; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840918056699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840918056699A), Sep 18, 1984: Cessna 182H, Stonington, ME, Destroyed. Pilot landed aircraft 15 feet off to one side of unlit runway at night. Aircraft demolished, pilot not injured.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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