# Incident 20190605005909I: Cessna 210N, Bangor, ME, June 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2019, 14:13 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor Maine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8012° N, 68.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bangor, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8012&lon=-68.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6428C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6428C-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190605005909I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/05/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS THIS INSPECTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON DUTY AT THE PORTLAND, MAINE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE. THIS INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THIS OFFICE OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT AT THE BANGOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBGR). THIS INSPECTOR WAS ASKED TO PROCEED TO THE SCENE TO INVESTIGATE AND GATHER INFORMATION. THIS INSPECTOR ARRIVED AT THE KBGR GENERAL AVIATION TERMINAL WAITING AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 HOURS AND MET WITH THE PILOT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS THE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST FOR THE CITY OF BANGOR AND WAS THE PERSON IN CHARGE FOR THE INCIDENT. ALSO PRESENT WERE TWO CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION PERSONNEL KNOWN TO THIS INSPECTOR AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHO LATER ASSISTED WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.

THIS INSPECTOR THEN HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NO QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE EVENT AT THIS TIME. AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROVIDED THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY/AIRMAN RIGHTS BROCHURE. AFTER PROVIDING AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH THE BROCHURE, THIS INSPECTOR ASKED AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF HE WOULD MIND WAITING WHILE THE INCIDENT SCENE WAS INVESTIGATED AND CLEARED AS IT WAS BLOCKING THE ONLY RUNWAY AND THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC. AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE. A STATEMENT BY AIRMAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLETED.

THIS INSPECTOR WAS TAKEN OUT TO THE SCENE BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN A CITY OF BANGOR PICKUP TRUCK. A 1980 CESSNA 210N N6428C WAS FOUND ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 33 AT APPROXIMATELY THE 9000?REMAINING MARKER. THE RUNWAY IS APPROXIMATELY 11,440 FEET LONG AND 200 FEET WIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A TAIL-HIGH ATTITUDE RESTING ON THE TWO MAIN GEAR AND THE FRONT OF THE NOSE. THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. ALL THREE BLADES OF THE SINGLE PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED AND CURLED BACK. NO FUEL LEAKAGE WAS VISIBLE. THE ONLY OTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE AT THAT TIME WAS WHERE THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY RETRACTED AND NOT VISIBLE AND THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED. INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT REVEALED MASTER SWITCH OFF, IGNITION OFF AND KEYS REMOVED, AND GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N6428C (1)

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

- [Accident 19940420048949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940420048949A), Apr 20, 1994: Cessna 210N (N6428C), Augusta, ME, Substantial damage. Collided with eagle at cruise at 3000FT. State police plane. Impact caused fuel leak. Divert. Was dive bombed.

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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