- Date
- June 19, 1985, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9977ECessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850619033319A
- Case key
- 35901
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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 acft collided with trees during an attempted go-around following a loss of directional control. The plt was advised by UNICOM that a 'bit of a crosswind' existed at the arpt. The plt initiated a go-around after a gust of wind was misaligned the acft during the landing flare. Another gust was encountered during the go-around and the acft was blown left of the rwy where it collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9977E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264037
- Airframe hours
- 2,184
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charmaine Byers-Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1985
- Departed
- 4G4 · Youngstown, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2B3 · Parlin Field, runway 36, 2,800 × 48 ft, asphalt
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
- 72
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,020 total · 1,989 in this make and model · 1,910 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 4G4
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9977E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.