# Accident 20240814010139A: Yates Elden H AVIPRO BEARHAWK, Roxbury, ME, August 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2024, 11:00 local time
- Place: Roxbury, ME
- Airport: Thomas Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6641° N, 70.5879° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6641&lon=-70.5879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N652BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N652BH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yates Elden H AVIPRO BEARHAWK (registry code 056239L, https://openairdocs.org/model/yates-elden-h-avipro-bearhawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Mazda 13B (registry code 43200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/mazda-13b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YATES ELDEN H AVIPRO BEARHAWK
- Reported engine: MAZDA 13B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 16 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240814010139A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/14/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS (ET), A BEARHAWK, EXPERIMENTAL, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE WAS BEING PILOTED AT ME17 (THOMAS AIRPORT) IN ROXBURY, ME.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS DOING PATTERN WORK AT ME17 ACCOMPLISHING "TOUCH AND GO'S."  THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RWY 01 AND HE REPORTED SOME GUSTY WINDS BUT SAID THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH.  ON THE LAST TAKEOFF, COOLANT WAS COMING OUT OF THE COWLING, SMOKE BEGAN ENTERING THE COCKPIT AND THE PROPELLER / ENGINE STOPPED. THE AIRPLANE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4/5 DOWN THE 1800 FOOT RUNWAY WHEN THE STOPPAGE OCCURRED AND NOT FULLY AIRBORNE.  AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY 01 IS A 10 FOOT EMBANKMENT AND THE SWIFT RIVER.  THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES IN EFFORT TO STOP BEFORE THE EMBANKMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT EMPENNAGE STRUCK THE EMBANKMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME STRUCTURE.  THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED JUST BEYOND THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT.  NO INJURIES REPORTED AND NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD.  THE NTSB HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAA INVESTIGATION AND POERPLANT ISSUES / CONCERNS.  UNTIL THE NTSB DETERMINES FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY FROM THE FSDO OR MORE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, THIS INVESTIGATION IS PLACED INTO A CLOSED STATUS.

## 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 ERA24LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA355), Aug 14, 2024: Yates Elden H Avipro Bearhawk (N652BH), Roxbury, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unstable approach which resulted in a landing with insufficient runway remaining to stop and subsequent impact with a river embankment. Contributing was the engine coolant system anomaly.

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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