# Accident 20250801009849A: Cessna TU206G, Ellsworth, ME, August 1, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2025, 16:50 local time
- Place: Ellsworth, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6261° N, 68.4725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6261&lon=-68.4725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9493Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9493Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,830 total, 34 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250801009849A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH FOR LANDING ON THE SOUTH END OF GREEN LAKE ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH, MAINE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL, HOWEVER AS THEY SLOWED TO “ABOUT 5 KNOTS” THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY PITCHED FORWARD AND COMPLETELY FLIPPED OVER.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, ONLY THE FLOATS REMAINED ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE.  THE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND HAILED A BOAT TO BRING THEM ASHORE.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DUE TO RECOVERY EFFORTS.

## 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 ERA25LA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA285), Aug 1, 2025: Cessna TU206 (N9493Z), Ellsworth, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to operate the airplane with a known deficiency of the floats, which resulted in an accumulation of water in the forward compartments of the floats, a forward center of gravity,…

## Other reports on N9493Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19970627022979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970627022979I), Jun 27, 1997: Cessna TU206G (N9493Z), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. No gear up light on retraction then failed show down. Flyby down. Landing left main folded. Actuator rod bent.

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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