Plane Crash List

Cessna 172A N6843X

26 May 2009 · Glenburn, Maine, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 May 2009 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 172A registered N6843X was involved in an accident near Glenburn, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 16:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Glenburn, Maine, United States
Nearest airport
Lucky Landings Marina & SPB (06B)
Coordinates
44.9069, -68.8050
Aircraft
Cessna 172A
Registration
N6843X
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bangor → Glenburn
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA09CA309

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed on runway 01, a 1,900-foot-long grass runway. He stated that he was “too high, too fast on final.” The airplane overran the end of the runway, went up an embankment, and sustained substantial damage to the firewall and fuselage. The winds reported at an airport 6 miles to the south of the accident location were 210 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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