# Accident 20000420011449A: Cessna U206G, Parker, AZ, April 20, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Airport: Avi Suquilla Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0794° N, 114.2200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0794&lon=-114.2200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7260N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7260N-2019-01-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 24 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000420011449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MY LANDING APPROACH WAS HIGH AND I TRIED TO GET DOWN TOO QUICKLY-LANDING SPEED WAS ABOVE NORMAL-THE PLANE PORPOISED AND CAME DOWN ON NOSE GEAR AND SHEARED IT OFF. (.4)ON APRIL 20, 2000, AT 1530 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA U206G, N7260N, DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 AFTER LANDING AT THE AVI SUQUILLA AIRPORT, PARKER, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED THE GOODYEAR, ARIZONA, AIRPORT AT 1438, WITH SCHEDULED STOPS AT THE AVI SUQUILLA AND BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORTS AND BACK TO GOODYEAR. A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LANDING APPROACH WAS TOO HIGH AND HE TRIED TO OVERCORRECT RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN AIRSPEED ON LANDING. AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE PORPOISED DOWN THE RUNWAY. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE NOSE WHEEL WAS BROKEN OFF, AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CO                                                        MING TO REST IN THE DIRT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES NOTED WITH THE AIRPLANE. WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN A HANGAR TALKING WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD SCREECH. THEY LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE BOUNCING DOWN THE RUNWAY WITHOUT A FRONT WHEEL. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ABOUT 2 FEET IN THE AIR, AND WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN, IT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE WHERE IT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE EAST SIDE. THEY SAW THE AIRPLANE NOSE DOWN AND THEN BACK DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## 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 LAX00LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA164), Apr 20, 2000: Cessna U206G (N7260N), Parker, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to obtain the proper airspeed during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent porpoise down the runway.

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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