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NYC83FA204

1983-08-06 · WISCASSET, Maine, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ISS

N193H has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (RANS S-21LS OUTBOUND, built 2020), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TAKING OFF ON A FOGGY NIGHT WITH A LOW OVERCAST SKY CONDITION. SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF, THE PLANE WAS OBSERVED TO TURN AT LOW ALT, THEN ENTER A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ACFT CRASHED & THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT & PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ENG WAS OPERATING UNTIL IMPACT. A PERSON THAT SAW THE OCCUPANTS AT APRX 2100 EDT REPORTED THE PLT APPEARED INCOHERENT. A TAXI DRIVER THAT TOOK THEM TO THE ARPT REPORTED THAT THE PLT WAS ASLEEP IN THE CAB. THE PASSENGER TOLD THE DRIVER THAT THEY PLANNED TO SLEEP IN THE ACFT A FEW HRS BEFORE DEPARTING. HOWEVER, THE ACFT TOOK OFF & CRASHED AT ABOUT 2250 EDT. APRX 11 MI WEST AT THE BRUNSWICK NAS, THE 1055 EDT WX WAS, IN PART: 100 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1/8 MI WITH FOG, TEMP & DEW POINT 69 DEG, WIND CALM. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK REVEALED THE PLT'S URINE/ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.238%. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_NYC83FA204.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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