# NTSB NYC85LA160: Cessna 182P, N9977E, Newport, NH, June 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1985, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Newport, NH
- Location: 43.3871° N, 72.1876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PARLIN FLD (2B3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3871&lon=-72.1876&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA160

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9977E), registered now, S/N 34853, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264037
- Airframe hours: 2184
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850619033319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850619033319A), Jun 19, 1985: Cessna 182P, Newport, VT, Substantial damage. Strong wind gust caused misalignment with runway. Applied power for go around an veered into a pine tree.

## Other investigations on N9977E (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC90LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA133), Jun 18, 1990: Cessna 182 (N9977E), Cottage Grove, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION AND REMEDIAL ACTION NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.

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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