Cessna C182 N90G

Summary

On 9 September 1984 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna C182 registered N90G was involved in an accident near Norridgewock, 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

9 September 1984 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Norridgewock, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Norridgewock (OWK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna C182

Registration

N90G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA278

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

A PARACHTE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WHILE THE ACFT WAS MANEUVERING TO DROP THE PARACHUTISTS. THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING AFTER THE PARACHUSTIST DISENGAGED FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT STABILIZER SPAR WAS DAMAGED IN THE ENCOUNTER AND THE LACK OF ELEVATOR EFFECTIVENESS AFFECTED THE ABILITY OF THE PLT TO PROPERLY FLARE THE ACFT. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT. THE COWLING, PROP AND THE FUSELAGE WAS ALSO DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.