On August 4, 2007, at 1000 eastern daylight time, a float equipped Cessna T206H, N206MW, registered to and operated by a private individual as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, nosed over during landing on Lake Kezar in Lovell, Maine. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot received fatal injuries, one passenger received serious injuries and three passengers received minor injuries. The flight originated from a private airstrip in Fryeburg, Maine, on August 4, 2007, at 0945.

According to the passengers, the flight was for the purpose of a sightseeing flight around the local area. The pilot and passengers had been at a family reunion when the pilot offered them a chance to fly in a float plane and to see the local area. The passengers were a family of four, two adults, a three year old boy and a five year old girl. During the flight, the father sat in the front right seat, the mother holding the three year old sat behind the father, and the five year old sat behind the pilot.

Both parents stated that they were given a very good briefing on emergency evacuation procedures. They stated that the takeoff and flight were uneventful. As they approached the lake, the pilot made a comment that it was time to land. As the airplane touched down on the water, they felt like it skipped and immediately went over on the nose in a summersault. The cabin filled with water immediately and it got dark and quiet. The adult male egressed by kicking out the windshield, and the adult female egressed with her son out the emergency exit in the back. When they got to the surface they realized that the pilot and their daughter had not surfaced.

They further stated some rescuers had arrived in boats to assist while other residents called 911. One of the rescuers had some goggles and went down to get the pilot and daughter. The rescuer found the girl still strapped in her seat behind the pilot but could not release the seatbelt. He returned to the surface, and the mother took the goggles saying that she knew how to release the seatbelt and proceeded to go down and get her daughter.

NTSB Identification: ATL07LA110
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, August 04, 2007 in Lovell, ME
Aircraft: Cessna T206H, registration: N206MW
Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Serious, 3 Minor.

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