Cessna 172 accident near Orange, MA
On August 11, 2010, a Cessna 172 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Orange, MA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 11, 2010
- Place
- Orange, MA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.595°N, 72.298°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100810X34440
Official records · ERA10FA414
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 10, 2010, at 2111 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N21363, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and terrain shortly after takeoff from Orange Municipal Airport (ORE), Orange, Massachusetts. The two certificated private pilots on board were fatally injured. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight, destined for Hancock County - Bar Harbor Airport (BHB), Bar Harbor, Maine. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. About 1615, the left-seat pilot contacted the Raleigh Automated Flight Service Station to file a Washington D.C. Special Flight Rules Area Flight Plan. During the telephone call, the pilot stated that two persons would be onboard the flight, and that he would be the pilot for the flight. He also stated that he planned to depart from Tipton Airport (FME), Odenton, Maryland about 1700, and that his ultimate destination was Maine. No further communications associated with either pilot or the accident airplane were recorded by any flight service stations or air traffic control. According to a lineman at ORE, he received a telephone call from the right-seat pilot earlier in the day to arrange for after-hours fuel service. The right-seat pilot and lineman agreed that the pilot would call upon arrival at ORE. The lineman stated that he received the call at 2026, and traveled about 5 minutes from his home to the airport to fuel the airplane. As instructed by the pilots, he serviced the airplane's fuel tanks "to the t
Probable cause
The pilots did not maintain control of the airplane during a flight in dark night conditions due to spatial disorientation.
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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.
