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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T206H · Midland, TX · May 22, 2000

Date: May 22, 2000 · 12:44 local
Place: Midland, TX
Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2391E
Reported as: Cessna T206H
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
Pilot’s flight hours: 114 total35 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N2391ERegistered now · Cessna T206HS/N T20608115 · Built 1999 Airframe modelCessna T206H Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23)On may 22, 2000, at approximately 1244 local time, privacy data omitted , the private pilot of a Cessna 206 aircraft, call sign N2391E, made a hard landing on runway 16 at Midland airpark, Midland, Texas. After the hard landing, the aircraft bounced, and on the third bounce, caused the nose wheel steering rods to bend, the nose tire to blowout, and subsequently the propleller struck the runway surface, resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. The primary factor for this incident was the pilot's failure to trim the aircraft properly, making the airplane nose heavy. There were injuries to the pilot, the sole occupant. Visual meteorological (VMC) weather conditions prevailed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON MAY 22, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1244 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , THE PRIVATE PILOT OF A CESSNA 206 AIRCRAFT, CALL SIGN N2391E, MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT MIDLAND AIRPARK, MIDLAND, TEXAS. AFTER THE HARD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE, CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING RODS TO BEND, THE NOSE TIRE TO BLOWOUT, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE PROPLELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PRIMARY FACTOR FOR THIS INCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO TRIM THE AIRCRAFT PROPERLY, MAKING THE AIRPLANE NOSE HEAVY. THERE WERE INJURIES TO THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL (VMC) WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED.