# NTSB NYC96LA041: Cessna U206G, N6250X, Bangor, ME, December 16, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 16, 1995, 13:21 local (18:21 UTC) - Place: Bangor, ME - Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 21, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39134 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC96LA041 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39134/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA041 ## Probable cause the pilot's improper inflight planning/decision, and his failure to properly plan his approach for landing, so that the airplane would not stall or touchdown hard. Factors relating to the accident were: the adverse weather (icing) condition, the accumulation of airframe ice, and the pilot's reduced visibility due to the ice covered windshield. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor) - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause) - airframe - ice (contributing factor) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause) - window,flight compartment window/windshield - ice (contributing factor) - flare - not attained, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The pilot stated that during the IFR flight, '...Around Concord, NH, I received weather conditions in Bangor with possible icing below 10,000 feet and I did not think of it being significant....Even though I had some ice on the leading edges and my windshield, and my speed was down significantly, I was sure that when I got to lower altitudes, I would lose the ice.... The icing conditions persisted....[During the landing] with poor forward visibility, I misjudged my height above ground looking through the side window, instead of flying the plane to the ground as it is recommended...I applied my first notch of flaps (10 degrees). The plane stalled immediately and landed on the nose gear, came to stop after a bounce.' The Pilot Operating Handbook stated, 'Flight into icing conditions is prohibited....The best procedure, of course, is to turn back or change altitude to escape icing conditions.' ## Factual narrative On December 16, 1995 about 1321 eastern standard time, a Cessna U206G, N6250X, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Bangor International, Bangor Maine. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that departed from Millbrook, New York, at 1000, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. In the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated: ...Before departure, I got [a weather] briefing from flight service in Williamsport, PA and filed my IFR flight with them. Around Concord, NH, I received weather conditions in Bangor with possible icing below 10,000 feet and I did not think of it being significant....In the vicinity of Portland, ME, I heard the conversation between the controller and a commuter pilot saying; How is icing? Answer: Coming down through 3000 to 2500 feet, the ice melted. Even though I had some ice on the leading edges and my windshield and my speed was down significantly, I was sure that when I got to lower altitudes, I would lose the ice. I requested lower altitudes from my cruise of 7000 [feet] to 5000 and again to 3000. The icing conditions persisted....[During the landing], with poor forward visibility, I misjudged my height above ground looking through the side window, instead of flying the plane to the ground as it is recommended, and...I applied the first notch of flaps. The plane stalled immediately and landed on the nose gear.... The pilot further reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. Additionally, the Pilot Operating Handbook stated: Flight into icing conditions is prohibited. An inadvertent encounter with these conditions can best be handled using the checklist procedures. The best procedure, of course, is to turn back or change altitude to escape icing conditions. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6250X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6250X-2018-10-16), registration cancelled 2018-10-16, S/N U20605844, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G - Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20605844 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Jalal Mahdavian - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: 44N, MILLBROOK, NY - Destination: BGR - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: BGR, Bangor International, runway 15, 11,439 × 300 ft, snow ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 2,175 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 9 knots - Visibility: 2 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,700 ft overcast - Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 16 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: BGR ## 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 19951216041709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216041709A), Dec 16, 1995: Cessna U206G, Bangor, ME, Substantial damage. Departed into known icing. Airframe and windshield icing on approach. Stalled on flare. Not equipped for icing. From the NTSB's public API. 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