# NTSB NYC85LA011: Cessna 206, N8063E, Menemsha, MA, October 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 20, 1984, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Menemsha, MA
- Location: 41.3518° N, 70.7642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Menemsha, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3518&lon=-70.7642&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA011

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear retraction - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - habit interference, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING CLIMB OUT WHEN THE PLT NORMALLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HE WAS COPYING AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE GEAR WERE NOT RETRACTED AND UPON TOUCHDOWN IN THE POND THE FLOAT ACFT NOSED OVER IN THE 8 FT DEEP WATER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8063E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8063E), registered now, S/N U2060926 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (registry code 2073332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U206C0926
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wallace Barnes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1984, 78 hours before
- Departed: 4B8, PLAINVILLE, CT
- Destination: MENEMSHA, MA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, multi-engine sea, single-engine sea; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,924 total, 429 in this make and model, 5,917 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841020061099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841020061099A), Oct 20, 1984: Cessna U206C, Menemsha, MA, Substantial damage. The amphibiam aircraft made a lake landing with the wheels extended. The aircraft nosed over in the water.

## Other investigations on N8063E (2)

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 FTW69F0495](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0495), Apr 28, 1969: Cessna 195 (N8063E), Pecos, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW66D0610](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0610), Apr 3, 1966: Cessna 195 (N8063E), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage

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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