Cessna 172 N5091A

Summary

On 25 August 1984 at about 23:45 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5091A was involved in an accident near Pownal, Maine, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 August 1984 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Pownal, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Pownal (77B)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N5091A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FNC09

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

PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT MAKING SEVERAL LOW PASSES & MANEUVERING. DURING THE LAST MANEUVER, THE ACFT ENTERED A DIVE & COLLIDED WITH TREES BEFORE THE PLT RECOVERED. TREES WERE BROKEN OR DAMAGED OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 200 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE CABIN AREA WAS NOT DEFORMED TO PRECLUDE SURVIVAL & THE PILOT REMAINED SECURED BY HIS SEATBELT; HOWEVER, NO SHOULDER HARNESS WAS AVAILABLE IN THE ACFT. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.197%

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.