# NTSB NYC88FA235: Cessna 182RG, N6064C, Greenville, ME, September 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1988, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Location: 45.4662° N, 69.5780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4662&lon=-69.5780&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36014
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88FA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36014/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA235

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach
  - hazardous weather advisory - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6064C-1989-09-18), registration cancelled 1989-09-18, S/N R18200367 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R182-00367
- Airframe hours: 2266
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880909042249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880909042249A), Sep 9, 1988: Cessna R182, Greenville, ME, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Flew into trees on side of a cloud obscured ridge. Was advised VFR not recommended. Told briefer he could go IFR.

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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