Cessna U206G N6250X
16 December 1995 · Bangor, Maine, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 December 1995 at about 18:21 local time, a Cessna U206G registered N6250X was involved in an accident near Bangor, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bangor, Maine, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bangor International (BGR)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206G
- Registration
- N6250X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Millbrook → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC96LA041
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
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.'
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna U206G accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 1995 | Cessna U206G | Dos Palos, California, United States | U.s. Dept. of Agriculture | Fatal | 2 |
| 6 Apr 1995 | Cessna U206G | Nassau, Bahamas | Dussault, Andre J. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 1995 | Cessna U206G | Selawik, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 1996 | Cessna U206G | Gulf of Mexico | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1994 | Cessna U206G | Key West, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 1996 | Cessna U206G | Venice, Louisiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 1995 | Boeing 737-3B7 | Portland, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 1995 | Cessna 182B | Lebanon, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Aug 1995 | Beechcraft 58 | Mapleton, Maine, United States | Rene J. Nicol | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Sep 1995 | Cessna 172M | Portland, Maine, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Dec 1995 | Cessna 172N | Sanford, Maine, United States | Sanford Air Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 1995 | Cessna 185 | Bangor, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |