- Date
- May 21, 1992, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Turner, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9446GCessna U206E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920521048309A
- Case key
- 11794
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the soft terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had previously flown to the airport as a passenger. During those flights the airport owner piloted the airplane. When the accident occurred, the airport owner was aboard as a passenger. The pilot stated that he overflew the airstrip to familiarize himself with the touchdown area. During the flare/touchdown, the pilot stated that he 'pulled the power off and dropped it right in.' The airplane landed hard shearing off the nosewheel and nosed over. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction, and the accident could have been prevented if the field was not soft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9446G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20601646
- Airframe hours
- 3,239
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert H. Proulx
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Proulx
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 3B5 · Turner, ME
- Destination
- 0 · Turner, ME
- Airport
- 0 · Twitchell Airport, runway 29, 1,200 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,206 total · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUG, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.