- Date
- July 14, 1990, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8514QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900714025659A
- Case key
- 36689
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, and his failure to compensate for wind conditions. The unfavorable wind conditions and rough water were related factors.
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
According to witnesses, the pilot was landing on a lake with variable crosswind and quartering tail wind conditions. One witness reported the airplane touch down in the water, tip over slightly, righted itself, then the downwind float submerged in the water & the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8514Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- V20603371
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Green
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Manchester, NH
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.