# Accident 20180822024939A: Cessna T206H, Pittsfield, ME, August 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2018, 22:56 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7586° N, 69.3700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7586&lon=-69.3700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35442, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35442-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,075 total, 556 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180822024939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BANGOR, MAINE FOR AUGUSTA, MAINE. PILOT STATED HEARING A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENGINE AT 7,000' FOLLOWED BY A VERY LOUD RAPID TICKING NOISE. ENGINE POWER BEGAN TO DEMINISH, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO LAND AT AN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A GROUP OF TREES HALF A MILE FROM THE PITTSFIELD, MAINE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. PILOT RECEIVED MULTIPLE FACIAL LACERATIONS AND DAMAGE TO ONE OF HIS EYES. THE OTHER CREW MEMBER WAS UNHURT FROM THE ACCIDENT AND RECEIVED BURNS  FROM A FLARE GUN.

## 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 ERA18LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA228), Aug 23, 2018: Cessna T206 (N35442), Pittsfield, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: Wear of the No. 4 cylinder exhaust camshaft lobe and roller tappet, which resulted in the failure of the tappet and the subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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