# Accident 20020522011389A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Bullhead City, AZ, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 08:35 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Eagle Airpark Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8875° N, 114.6161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8875&lon=-114.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5050U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5050U-2004-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522011389A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 22, 2002, ABOUT 0835 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 206, N5050U, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, AND NOSED OVER AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT EAGLE AIR PARK, MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT/OWNER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AT 0750. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT WAS DEFLATED BEFORE DEPARTING NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT. THE STRUT WAS SERVICED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO EAGLE AIR PARK. ON LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT DIRT, NOSING OVER. (-23) PILOT STATES THAT HE HAD THE NOSE GEAR SERVICED PRIOR TO FLIGHT, AND THAT THE NOSE STRUT HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN PUT BACK INTO SERVICE FROM A REPAIR STATION. THE PILOT STATES THAT ON LANDING AT THE EAGLE AIRPARK THE NOSE WHEEL FAILED TO SEER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE                                                                   SOD AREA. ONCE THE NOSE WHEEL ENTERED THE SOD AREA, IT SANK INTO THE SOD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 LAX02LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA171), May 22, 2002: Cessna 206 (N5050U), Mohave Valley, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

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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