# Incident 19960618014929I: Cessna P206A, Fort Wayne, IN, June 18, 1996 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 18, 1996, 00:13 local time - Place: Fort Wayne, IN - Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4678F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4678F) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A - Reported engine: CONT IO520A - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 5,794 total, 15 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960618014929I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: ON 6-18-96, AT 00:13 AM (0513Z), A CE-206-P206A WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AS IT LANDED ON RUNWAY 05 AT SMITH FIELD AIRPORT IN FORT WAYNE, IN. THE PIC, A MR. KEVIN HOWARD CANNON AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE RETURNING TO FWA FROM A BUSINESS MEETING IN LAFAYETTE, IN. AT ABOUT 0415Z. THE PIC INDICATED HE FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS GIVEN A 4000 FEET ENROUTE ALTITUDE. WHEN HE REACHED THE WOLF LAKE VOR FORT WAYNE APPROACH CLEARED HIM DOWN TO 2500 FEET AND INSTRUCTED HIM TO CIRCLE UNTIL A STORM CELL OVER SMITH FIELD CLEARED THE AREA. MR. CANNON SAID THAT HE OBTAINED WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE TOWER AS BEING 2700' CEILING WITH HAZE AND 4 MILES VISIBILITY. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE CALM AND THE ALTIMETER WAS 29.87. (A WEATHER REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL; WEATHER SERVICE WHICH REPORTED THE WEATHER AT 11:50 PM ON 6-17-96 WAS: CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND MODERATE FOG. THERE WAS 4 MILE VISIBILITY AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 70 DEGREES WITH 87% HUMIDITY, THE CEILING WAS 2700 FEET AND BROKEN. THE WINDS WERE FROM 240 DEGREES AT 10 KTS, GUSTING TO 40 KTS. THE ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 29.91. THERE WERE THUNDER STORM CELLS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.) ON FINAL APPROACH MR. CANNON SAID HE WAS OVER THE MDA AT 1320 FEET, ABOUT 4.5 MILES OUT AND HAD THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT. THE PIC SAID HIS INSTRUMENT APPROACH WAS GOING TO LINE HIM UP FOR A DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 23. AS HE GOT CLOSER HE DECIDED TO USE RUNWAY 05 INSTEAD. AT INITIAL TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK UP ABOUT THREE FEET SO HE MAINTAINED THE NOSE UP ATTITUDE SO HE WOULD NOT PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY. MR. CANNON SAID THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK DOWN THE SECOND TIME THE NOSE DROPPED THROUGH AND HE THOUGHT THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED SO HE TRIED TO MAINTAIN BACK PRESSURE ON THE ELEVATOR TO KEEP THE NOSE UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. HE SAID THAT HE MAY HAVE COME DOWN HARD BUT HE DID NOT THINK HE DID. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 05 ON THE NORTHEAST END. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FACING TOWARDS 60 DEGREES SITTING ON ITS MAIN MOUNTS AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE NOSE STRUT. ALL BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT OVER 90% APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FROM THEIR TIPS, THE UNDER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING WAS BENT AND DEFORMED AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS PARTIALLY SPRUNG CAUSING IT TO RUB ON THE FORWARD FRA ME WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR. MR. WHITE, A PASSENGER ON THE INCIDENT FLIGHT SAID THAT HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND THAT IN COMPARISON TO THAT, THE TOUCH DOWN SEEMED ROUGH OR HARD. BUT HE SAID IT WAS NOT ANY HARDER THAN THE ONE THEY DID WHILE LANDING AT LAFAYETTE. FAA RESPONSIBILITES NUMBERS 1-3 AND 5-9 NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS INCIDENT. RESPONSIBILITY #4 IS APPLICABLE AND A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## Other reports on N4678F (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20170112020529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170112020529I), Jan 12, 2017: Cessna P206A (N4678F), Yucca, AZ, No damage. Aircraft was being flown on cross country when pilot noted he was losing engine power. When he went to make throttle changes the engine didn?t respond. He… - [Incident 20030522010669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030522010669I), May 22, 2003: Cessna P206A (N4678F), Hailey, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated there was a crosswind from the left. Upon landing rollout he lost directional control and nosed over striking the propeller. - [Incident 19950703022969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950703022969I), Jul 3, 1995: Cessna P206A (N4678F), Piqua, OH, Minor damage. Lost power on takeoff. Landed off airport. Fuel select on empty tank. Other full. Fuel gage inoperative. - [Incident 19940622029259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940622029259I), Jun 22, 1994: Cessna P206A (N4678F), Oxford, OH, Minor damage. Struck a deer on night landing. Damaged prop and nose wheel fairing. - [Incident 19911212061939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911212061939I), Dec 12, 1991: Cessna P206A (N4678F), Griffith, IN, Minor damage. During takeoff left wing lifted and propeller struck runway. Aborted. Returned to ramp. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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