# Accident 20080615842559A: Cessna P337H, Portland, ME, June 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2008, 17:07 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5550° N, 69.8200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5550&lon=-69.8200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15EM-2008-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P337H (registry code 2075731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p337h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P337H
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080615842559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WISCASSETT AIRPORT ON ROUTE TO NEW JERSEY.  PILOT DEPARTED WITH A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH HIS ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND ADVISED ATC THAT HE HAD TO REMAIN VFR.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS MARGINAL VFR TO IFR.  PILOT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AT 7500 FEET AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK, MAINE.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET OF WATER OFF THE COAST OF MAINE.  THE AICRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER INJURIES WERE FATAL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT RECOVERED.

## 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 NYC08FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA215), Jun 15, 2008: Cessna P337H (N15EM), Cape Elizabeth, ME, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue the flight in instrument meteorological conditions after experiencing an attitude indicator malfunction.

## Other reports on N15EM (1)

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

- [Incident 19810513039739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810513039739I), May 13, 1981: Cessna P337H (N15EM), Linden, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear prior to landing.

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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