Cessna 172M accident near Brownville Junc, ME
On August 12, 2004, a Cessna 172M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Brownville Junc, ME. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 12, 2004
- Place
- Brownville Junc, ME
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 44.694°N, 69.383°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040818X01248
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 12, 2004, about 0730 eastern daylight time, a float-equipped Cessna 172M, N12959, was destroyed when it impacted terrain and trees about 8 nautical miles northwest of Brownville Junction, Maine. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the flight, between Lucky Landing Marina and Seaplane Base (06B), Glenburn, Maine, and Lobster Lake, about 3 nautical miles east of North East Carry, Maine. The positioning flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the airplane was en route to Lobster Lake, about 65 nautical miles to the northwest of Glenburn, to pick up charter passengers. The pilot's husband was also a float plane pilot, and a co-owner, along with the pilot, of the float plane company. According to the pilot's husband, he was originally scheduled to make the trip. On the morning of the accident, he woke up before she did, went downstairs, fixed coffee and checked the weather. He only saw the pilot 4-5 to minutes, and didn't speak much to her, except that she said she wanted to take the trip. The reason they didn't speak much related to a discussion they had had the previous evening. The accident occurred during daylight hours, in the vicinity of 45 degrees, 25.48 minutes north latitude, 69 degrees, 12.87 minutes west longitude. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate, with ratings for airplane single engine land, airplane multiengine land, an
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the airplane's controlled flight into rising terrain. Factors included the instrument meteorological conditions and the rising terrain.
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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.
