20051009025779A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna U206E · Latouch Island, AK · October 9, 2005

Date
October 9, 2005 · 11:45 local
Place
Latouch Island, AK
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
Q9LC
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4447Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC06CA004
Reported as
Cessna U206E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total750 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During landing the pilot encountered gusty x-winds which exceeded the x-wind component of the aircraft. The aircraft landed hard causing the nose gear to collapse, resulting in a prop strike, and wing damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING LANDING THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY X-WINDS WHICH EXCEEDED THE X-WIND COMPONENT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE, AND WING DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.