# Incident 19940324008239I: Cessna P206, Silver City, NM, March 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1994, 15:00 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Silver City-Grant County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7786° N, 108.2694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Silver City, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7786&lon=-108.2694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2546X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2546X-2012-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940324008239I

## Narrative

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

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

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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