# Incident 20000522033369I: Cessna T206H, Midland, TX, May 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2000, 12:44 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0365° N, 102.1015° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDLAND AIRPARK (MDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0365&lon=-102.1015&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2391E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2391E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 114 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000522033369I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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