Cessna 172L N3821Q

Summary

On 14 July 1983 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 172L registered N3821Q, operated by Stephen Elgin Sallee, was involved in an accident near Moose River, Maine, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 July 1983 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Moose River, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Lodge (73B)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172L

Registration

N3821Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stephen Elgin Sallee

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bar Harbor → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83FNC08

3 people had minor injuries.

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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR & STALLED ON FINAL APPROACH, WHICH RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING, THEN THE PLANE SETTLED AND BOUNCED AGAIN. HE REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, BUT COULD NOT GET THE ACFT TO ACCELERATE TO CLIMB SPEED. DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES & CRASHED. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WIND WAS FROM 270 DEG AT 20, GUSTING 30 KTS. THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR LANDED IN A CESSNA 172, APRX 1 HR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE NOTED THAT THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE THE SAME AS WHAT WAS REPORTED BY THE PLT, EXCEPT THE INSPECTOR DID NOT ENCOUNTER WIND SHEAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.