Cessna 180H N9052M

Summary

On 20 May 1983 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N9052M was involved in an accident near Greenville, Maine, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 May 1983 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180H

Registration

N9052M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenville → Horseshoe Pond

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83LA123

Nobody was injured.

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

THE WX WAS ESTIMATED AT 2,000 TO 2,500 FT OVERCAST WHEN THE FLT DEPARTED GREENVILLE AT 1820. HORSESHOE POND IS 1,500 FT MSL & SURROUNDED BY 2,700 FT MOUNTAINS. AS THE ACFT APPROACHED THE PASS THE POND WAS VISIBLE. HOWEVER A SOUTH WIND PREVAILED & FOG HAD ROLLED OVER THE RIDGE ENVELOPING THE PASS. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO WITHIN YARDS OF THE POND. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO TURN AROUND IN THE PASS & MADE A FORCED LANDING IN THE TREE TOPS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.