- Date
- September 9, 1988, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6064CCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880909042249A
- Case key
- 36014
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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 non-instrument rated pilot apparently could not locate the destination airport because of low ceilings and ground fog. Before the pilot started his trip he was advised by the fss that VFR flight to his destination was not recommended. It appears that the aircraft was flying low in an effort to locate the airport, when it impacted trees about 10 miles northeast of the airport and at an elevation that was higher than the airport elevation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6064C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182-00367
- Airframe hours
- 2,266
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3G5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward V. Farnsworth
- Registered owner
- Edward V Farnsworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- LWM · Lawrence, MA
- Destination
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Airport
- 3B1 · Greenville
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGN, 90 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.