# Accident 20010506010069A: Cessna U206, Yamhill, OR, May 6, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 6, 2001, 13:00 local time - Place: Yamhill, OR - Damage: No damage - Location: 45.3602° N, 123.2397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3602&lon=-123.2397&mi=10 - Aircraft: N29147, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29147-2018-04-11) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA086) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010506010069A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19)ON MAY 6, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1300 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, THE NOSE GEAR OF A CESSNA U206, N29147, COLLAPSED DURING A HARD LANDING AT FLYING M AIRSTRIP, YAMHILL, OREGON. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED AURORA STATE AIRPORT ABOUT 10 MINUTES EARLIER, WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS LANDING AT AN AIRSTRIP WHERE TERRAIN CONDITIONS DICTATE LANDING ONLY ON RUNWAY 25, THERE WAS WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LIGHT TAILWIND BLOWING WHILE HE WAS ON FINAL TO THE TURF RUNWAY. REPORTEDLY, JUST ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS GOING TO START HIS FLARE FROM ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A TAILWIND GUST OF ABOUT 15 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SINK, AND BEFORE THE PILOT COULD ADD POWER TO ARREST THE SINK RATE, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO DIG INTO THE TERRAIN. THE FORCES EXERTED ON THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE ENSUING DECELERATION RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A NOTE IN THE AIR GUIDE PUBLICATIO NS FLIGHT GUIDE STATES THAT THE AIRSTRIP IS IN A CAYON WITH MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING IT, AND THAT WINDS MAY BE VARIABLE. AN ADDITIONAL NOTE STATES "TAILWIND OPERATIONS NOT RECOMMENDED. (-23)PRIVATE STRIP. AIRPORT IS IN A MOUNTAIN VALLEY - ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT AIRSTRIP. TAKEOFF OR LANDING IS GOING TO BE DOWNWIND. EVALUATION OF WIND ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT WAS NOT CONSISTANT. PILOT EVALUATED AIRSTRIP WIND AT LEAST FIVE MILES FROM THE AIRFIELD. ON APPROACH, SLIGHT GUSTY WIND CEASED - AIRCRAFT DROPPED AND HIT HARD NOSE GEAR FAILED.PILOT DISTRACTED BY PERSONNEL FURTHER DOWN RUNWAY. ## 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 SEA01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA086), May 6, 2001: Cessna U206 (N29147), Yamhill, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to adequately compensate for gusty tailwind conditions, resulting in an excessive rate of descent at touchdown. Factors include gusty tailwinds during the landing sequence. ## Other reports on N29147 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19780611013909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780611013909A), Jun 11, 1978: Cessna U206C (N29147), Austin, TX, Substantial damage. #6 Cylinder rod broke one half inch from piston pin. - [Accident 19730601016469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730601016469A), Jun 1, 1973: Cessna U206C (N29147), Little River, SC, Substantial damage. R fuel tank empty l tank contained abt 2 1/4IN of fuel. Lndd on hwy 10MI short of arpt hit rd sign. 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. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.