Cessna 525 accident near West Gardiner, ME
On February 1, 2008, a Cessna 525 (airplane) was involved in an accident near West Gardiner, ME. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 1, 2008
- Place
- West Gardiner, ME
- Aircraft
- Cessna 525 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.237°N, 69.852°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080211X00172
Official records · MIA08MA051
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Reports from Federal Agencies: Excerpts from the Air Traffic Aircraft Accident Pakage, PWM-ATCT- 0208.: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 01, 2008, about 1747 eastern standard time, a Cessna 525, N102PT, crashed in a wooded area in West Gardiner, Maine. The certificated private pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, and one passenger were killed; the airplane was destroyed. The flight was operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for a flight from the Augusta State Airport (AUG), Augusta, Maine to Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska. The flight had originated from AUG about 1745. Employees of the fixed base operator (FBO) at AUG stated that at the pilot's request the airplane was fueled and moved from the ramp into the FBO's hangar earlier that morning. The hanger was utilized by an air carrier operator that was based at the airport. When the air carrier's 1630 flight was canceled due to weather conditions, the Cessna was taken out of the hangar about 1600 and moved back to the ramp area to allow for the air carrier's airplane to be put back into the hangar. A person identifying herself as the pilot of N102PT called the Lockheed Martin, Kankakee, Illinois, Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) about 1701, to file an IFR flight plan from AUG to LNK. The pilot received a standard weather briefing for the flight at that time. The standard weather briefing advised of the icing, fog, mist, precipitation, and turbulence from departure climb to the flight altitude level requested of 38,000 fe
Probable cause
The pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent failure to maintain airplane control.
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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.
