# NTSB NYC66F0578: Aero Cmdr 680E, N6288B, Augusta, ME, April 7, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 7, 1966
- Place: Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Location: 44.3106° N, 69.7795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3106&lon=-69.7795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 26, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66F0578
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0578

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0546   66/4/7    AUGUSTA ME          AERO CMDR 680E      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 2907
        TIME - 1500                    N6288B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 624 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6288B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO CMDR 680E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Augusta

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.

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