# Accident 19890701019569A: Cessna U206G, Del Rio, TX, July 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1989, 09:00 local time
- Place: Del Rio, TX
- Airport: Del Rio International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3742° N, 100.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEL RIO INTL (DRT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3742&lon=-100.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N579LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N579LD-2009-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 323 total, 211 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890701019569A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED ON LANDING,COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND SLID OFF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW89LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA122), Jul 1, 1989: Cessna 206 (N579LD), Del Rio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN A PORPOISE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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