# Accident 19920521048309A: Cessna U206E, Turner, ME, May 21, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1992, 08:00 local time
- Place: Turner, ME
- Airport: Twitchell Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1889° N, 70.2329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Twitchell Airport (3B5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1889&lon=-70.2329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9446G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9446G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,206 total, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920521048309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED SHORT MINUS FLARE. FOLDED NOSE GEAR AND FLIPPED OVER. GROUND SOFT AT IMPACT AREA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO92LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA071), May 21, 1992: Cessna U206E (N9446G), Turner, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE FLARE WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N9446G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890615066759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890615066759I), Jun 15, 1989: Cessna U206E (N9446G), Little Wabash, CN. Pilot departed lake and did not make a mandatory call as required by canadas air navigation order.
- [Incident 19780502031619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780502031619I), May 2, 1978: Cessna 206CESSNA (N9446G), St Paul, MN. Leaking float caused wing to sink to bottom of river.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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