# Accident 20130830016479A: Cessna U206F, Rumney, NH, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 17:30 local time
- Place: Rumney, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8678° N, 71.7983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8678&lon=-71.7983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208LH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,973 total, 110 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA416) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830016479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED GRASS STRIP AT PLYMOUTH NH. AND FLEW APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES TO STINSON LAKE IN RUMNEY NH. WITH THE INTENTION TO LAND IN THE LAKE. PILOT NEVER RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF.

PILOTED STATED THAT IN PREPARATION TO LAND HE DID A GEAR INDICATION CHECK BUT DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT COLOR HE SAW. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN HE RECEIVED THE LANDING GEAR AUDIBLE WARNING THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FULL POWER BUT SAID THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEEM TO RESPOND FULLY AND REALIZED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD STILL IMPACT THE LAKE. HE ADVISED PASSENGER TO BRACE FOR IMPACT.

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

DURING A FOLLOW UP CONVERSTAION WITH THE PILOT ON 09/03/13 HE STATED THAT THE NEXT DAY HE WENT INTO THE AIRCRAFT O RETRIEVE SOME PERSONAL ITEMS AND FOUND THAT HE FOUND THE THROTTLE AND PROP LEVERS PUSHED IN BUT HE FAILED TO PUSH THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH FOR HIS GO AROUND.

## 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 ERA13CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA416), Aug 30, 2013: Cessna U206F (N208LH), Rumney, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the amphibious airplane's landing gear was properly configured for a landing on water and his failure to properly configure the airplane during the attempted…

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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