# Accident 20220907009379A: Cessna U206G, Millinocket, ME, September 7, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2022, 08:30 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Katahdin Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: O59A
- Location: 45.9184° N, 68.7893° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9184&lon=-68.7893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,821 total, 340 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA402) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220907009379A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 FLOAT PLANE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BEING OPERATED ON A CHARTER FLIGHT TO KATAHDIN LAKE IN NORTHERN MAINE CARRYING TWO PARK RANGERS. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS CLEAR WITH CALM WINDS, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GLASSY WATER LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE FLOAT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVING A BROKEN NOSE AND THE OTHER A BROKEN RIB.

## 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 ERA22LA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA402), Sep 7, 2022: Cessna U206G (N756SG), Millinocket, ME, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate descent rate for a glassy water landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N756SG (1)

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

- [Accident 19900626022709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900626022709A), Jun 26, 1990: Cessna U206G (N756SG), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Engine threw a connecting rod. Crash landed on tundra. NR5 rod wrist pin had fractured. Pilot medical was denied.

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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