# Accident 20000706039789A: Cessna U206G, North Haven, ME, July 6, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 6, 2000, 09:40 local time - Place: North Haven, ME - Airport: Witherspoons Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135) - Operator: FTSA - Location: 44.1516° N, 68.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Witherspoons Airport (ME41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1516&lon=-68.8763&mi=10 - Aircraft: N756HK (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 16,569 total, 8 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA193) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000706039789A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.4)ON JULY 6, 2000, ABOUT 0940 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA U206G, N756HK, OPERATED BY TELFORD AVIATION, INC., WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE WITHERSPOONS AIRPORT (ME41), NORTH HAVEN, MAINE. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE ON-DEMAND AIR TAXI FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT THE KNOX COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (RKD), ROCKLAND, MAINE, AND PROCEEDED UNEVENTFULLY TO ME41. WHILE LANDING AT ME41, ON RUNWAY 24, A 1,045-FOOT LONG HARD PACKED GRAVEL RUNWAY, THE PILOT REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER TO IDLE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILOT THEN FELT HE WAS "COMMITTED" TO LAND AND THAT A GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS WAS UNSAFE. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, AND BEGAN TO "FLOAT." AFTER THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND RAISED THE FLAPS IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A ROAD, STRUCK A BOULDER, AND NOSED OVER INTO A SWAMP, COMING TO REST INVERTED. WHEN THE RUNWAY WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR OBSERVED SKID MARKS IN THE GRAVEL THAT STARTED WITH 20 FEET OF RUNWAY SURFACE REMAINING. THE INSPECTOR ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WERE TREES LOCATED AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND BEYOND THE SWAMP WHERE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST. THE TWO PASSENGERS IN THE AIRPLANE STATED TO THE FAA INSPECTOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT THEY WERE COMING IN "HOT AND FAST." ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE OPERATING HANDBOOK, THE TOTAL LANDING DISTANCE TO CLEAR A 50-FOOT OBSTACLE, USING THE SPECIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR SHORT FIELD LANDINGS, AT MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT, AT SEA LEVEL, AND AT A TEMPERATURE OF 20 DEGREES CELSIUS, WAS 1,415 FEET. THE PILOT REPORTED 8 TOTAL HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE IN MAKE AND MODEL. THE RKD WEATHER AT 0935, REPORTED WINDS FROM 300 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS. (-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HOURS ON JULY 6, 2000, A CE-U206G, REGISTRATION N756HK, FLEW FROM ROCKLAND, MAINE TO WITHERSPOON AIRPORT ON NORTHAVEN ISLAND, MAINE (ME41). THE FLIGHT, WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD, WAS OPERATED VFR UNDER PART 135. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND ROLL EXCEEDED THE RUNWA Y LENGTH, CROSSED A ROAD AND FLIPPED OVER IN A SWAMP AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL. ## 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 NYC00LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA193), Jul 6, 2000: Cessna U206G (N756HK), North Haven, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of total flight experience in make and model, and the short landing area. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.