Cessna 120 N2493N
29 August 2010 · Rockland, Maine, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 August 2010 at about 18:28 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N2493N, operated by Hamilton William L, was involved in an accident near Rockland, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rockland, Maine, United States
- Nearest airport
- Knox County Regional Airport (RKD)
- Coordinates
- 44.0600, -69.0992
- Aircraft
- Cessna 120
- Registration
- N2493N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Hamilton William L
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rockland → Rockland
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA10LA453
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the takeoff climb, the pilot noticed that the airplane's engine wasn't producing as much power as it should have been when compared to other flights. The airplane's altitude was insufficient to return to the airport and the pilot performed a forced landing straight ahead. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted trees and a postcrash fire ensued. Examination of the airplane and engine revealed no preimpact abnormalities that could account for the loss of engine power. While weather conditions for carburetor icing were noted as “serious icing – glide power” at the time of the accident, the investigation was unable to determine the cause of the power loss.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 120 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2010 | Cessna 120 | Annapolis, Maryland, United States | Drewyer Richard G | No injuries | - |
| 11 Oct 2010 | Cessna 120 | Falls Village, Connecticut, United States | Willie Simon | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2009 | Cessna 120 | Morristown, Tennessee, United States | Boeck Lothar S | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Dec 2011 | Cessna 120 | Montague, Massachusetts, United States | Roske John L | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 2009 | Cessna 120 | Mineral Canyon, Utah, United States | Aviation Facilities Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 2011 | Cessna 120 | Pendleton, Oregon, United States | Mayfield Bruce J | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2010 | Cessna 180 | Summner, Maine, United States | Clinton Goodhue | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2010 | Cessna 172N | Stonington, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 2010 | Cessna 172S | Greenbush, Maine, United States | American King Air Services, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Sep 2010 | Cessna 140 | Levant, Maine, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 2010 | Cessna A185F | Rockwood, Maine, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 May 2010 | Cessna 172N | Blue Hill, Maine, United States | JEJ Leasing LLC | No injuries | - |