Cessna 182S N100TY

Summary

On 12 October 2002 at about 00:38 local time, a Cessna 182S registered N100TY was involved in an accident near Brownville Jct, Maine, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 October 2002 at 00:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Brownville Jct, Maine, United States

Coordinates

44.6949, -69.3824

Aircraft

Cessna 182S

Registration

N100TY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caribou → Norridgewock

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

IAD03FA004

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while flying in mountainous terrain at night. A factor was the night lighting conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed on a cross country flight at night, into an area of mountainous terrain. Prior to departure, the pilot's student, who remained behind, expressed his concern about the marginal weather conditions, and told the pilot to watch out for a 5,268-foot mountain located along the route of flight. The student pilot was also concerned because he knew the pilot liked to fly at lower altitudes, between 2,000 and 3,000 feet. Approximately 40 minutes after departure, the airplane collided with a 2,630-foot mountain at the 2,575-foot level. Weather, reported at an airport about 20 nautical miles to the northeast of the accident site, included a scattered cloud layer at 3,200 feet and an overcast cloud layer at 4,300 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.