# NTSB NYC89LA055: Cessna 172, N3736S, Wiscasset, ME, December 26, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 26, 1988, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Location: 44.0108° N, 69.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wiscasset, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0108&lon=-69.6780&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST CONTROL DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, AND COLLIDED WITH TREES OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID THAT A GUST OF WIND TURNED THE ACFT 45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLL, AND DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND HE HIT TREE TOPS OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3736S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17250936
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Roy A Crump, doing business as None
- Registered owner: Roy A Crump
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PTD, POTSDAM, NY
- Destination: 9B9, WISCASSET, ME
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 989, Wiscasset, runway 25, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 270 total, 223 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 20 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19881226056349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881226056349A), Dec 26, 1988: Cessna 172E, Wiscasset, ME, Substantial damage. Wind gust turned aircraft 45 degrees on rollout. Tried to go around but caught tree tops on side of runway. Crashed

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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