Cessna 182S accident near Brownville Jct, ME
On October 12, 2002, a Cessna 182S (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brownville Jct, ME. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 12, 2002
- Place
- Brownville Jct, ME
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182S · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.695°N, 69.382°W
- NTSB ID
- 20021031X05413
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 11, 2002, about 2038 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182S, N100TY, was destroyed when it collided with mountainous terrain near Brownville Junction, Maine. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. No flight plan was filed for the cross country flight that originated at Caribou Municipal Airport (CAR), Caribou, Maine, about 1957, destined for Central Maine Airport of Norridgewock (OWK), Norridgewock, Maine. Night visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot's wife, her husband was returning to their home in Norridgewock when the accident occurred. Her husband, who was also a certificated flight instructor, had completed an instrument cross country training flight from Dillant-Hopkins Airport (EEN), Keene, New Hampshire, to Caribou, with one of his flight students, a private pilot applicant. After the flight, the student pilot and his fiancée remained in Caribou for the holiday weekend. In a telephone conversation, the student pilot said that he and his fiancée met the pilot in Keene, about 1600. The pilot had just flown the airplane back from Portland, Maine, where it had undergone an annual inspection. The weather conditions at Keene were instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). In preparation for the flight to Caribou, the pilot obtained weather information, and filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan with an automated flight service station (AFSS). The student pilot conducted a preflight examination of the airplane, and filled
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while flying in mountainous terrain at night. A factor was the night lighting conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
