Cessna 172 N21869

Summary

On 2 April 1982 at about 21:12 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N21869, operated by Aldrich Sawyer, was involved in an accident near Hampstead, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 April 1982 at 21:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Hampstead, New Hampshire, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N21869

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aldrich Sawyer

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Haverhill → Haverhill

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82FNC06

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED THE PLANE CIRCLING AT LOW ALTITUDE BEFORE IT CRASHED. A FRIEND OF THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THEPILOT WAVED, GUNNED HIS ENGINE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WAGGLED HIS TAIL. WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER MAKING SEVERAL CIRCLES AT AN ALTITUDE OF 100 TO 200 FT, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PITCHED DOWN AND CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE STRUCK A TREE. HIS SEAT BELT WAS FOUND UNLATCHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.