# Accident 20250906012629A: Grumman G-44A, Beaver Cove, ME, September 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2025, 08:55 local time
- Place: Beaver Cove, ME
- Airport: Greenville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5628° N, 69.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5628&lon=-69.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-44A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING GO-435C&D SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,575 total, 2,070 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250906012629A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 3B1 EXPECTING TO FORM UP WITH TWO OTHER SEAPLANES FOR A FLYOVER OF THE SEAPLANE BASE. PILOT STATED THAT HE DIDN'T SEE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND DIDN'T HEAR ANY RADIO CHATTER. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON THE LAKE AND WAIT. HE TEXTED ANOTHER PILOT FOR THE CORRECT FREQUENCY WHILE DESCENDING TO APPROACH. AS HE WAS TRYING TO ADJUST THE RADIO TO THE CORRECT FREQUENCY ON A RADIO STACK THAT WAS INSTALLED NEW LAST YEAR, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT HE WAS RIGHT OVER THE WATER AND HEADING DOWN, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT AND HUNG ON TO LEFT OUTBOARD WING SECTION THAT HAD SHEARED OFF DURING THE LANDING.AIRCRAFT SANK AS PILOT WAS RESCUED BY BOAT. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING LEFT WING SHEARED OFF OUTBOARD OF THE NACELLE, FUSELAGE TORN AND WRINKLED UP TO COCKPIT, RIGHT WING DAMAGE AND EMPENNAGE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED FROM APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. DOWN IN THE LAKE.

## 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 ERA25LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA341), Sep 6, 2025: Grumman G-44A (N402E), Beaver Cove, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s distraction and failure to monitor the airplane’s flight path, which resulted in controlled flight into a lake.

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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