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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P206 · Silver City, NM · March 24, 1994

Date: March 24, 1994 · 15:00 local
Place: Silver City, NM
Airport: Silver City-Grant County Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2546X
Reported as: Cessna P206
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 540 total100 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N2546XRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2012 · Cessna P206S/N P206-0046 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna P206 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot metz stated that he was alone in the aircraft and was attempting the takeoff in very strong gusty winds. The aircraft became airborne prematurely and the gusts suddenly decreased. He decided to abort the takeoff and upon landing directional control was lost. The left wing became airborne again and the aircraft swerved to the left. Damage was minor and limited to the right wing tip and propeller. There were no injuries. I94SW010023

As the FAA filed it

PILOT METZ STATED THAT HE WAS ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ATTEMPTING THE TAKEOFF IN VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY AND THE GUSTS SUDDENLY DECREASED. HE DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND UPON LANDING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. THE LEFT WING BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT. DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I94SW010023