# Accident 20000617039999A: Cessna 140, Turner, ME, June 17, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Turner, ME
- Airport: Twitchell Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N2063N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2063N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 350 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000617039999A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON JUNE 17, 2000, ABOUT 1030 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 140, N2063N, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE TWITCHELL AIRPORT (3B5), TURNER, MAINE. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE LIMINGTON-HARMON AIRPORT, LIMINGTON, MAINE. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A NORTHWEST DIRECTION, ON A GRASS STRIP NEAR THE SEAPLANE BASE AT 3B5. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT INTO SOME HIGH GRASS WHICH WAS COVERING AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRPLANE WENT OVER THE EMBANKMENT AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE GRASS STRIP WAS ABOUT 1,800 FEET LONG, AND 35 FEET WIDE, AND HE HAD LANDED ON THE STRIP AT OTHER TIMES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HE DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORTED 450 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, OF WHICH, 350 HOURS WERE IN MAKE AND MODEL. WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AT 1035, WERE FROM 180 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. (-23) PILOT LANDED ON GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO SEAPLANE BASE, PILOT UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE LAND. PILOT ROLLED INTO HIGH GRASS WHICH DISGUISED A 12 FT. EMBANKMENT. AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON BACK CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABILIZER AND 8 FT. OF LEFT WING.

## 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 NYC00LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA168), Jun 17, 2000: Cessna 140 (N2063N), Turner, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after landing. A factor in this accident was the high grass along the runway edge which disguised an embankment.

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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