# Accident 20051014032279A: Cessna U206G, Hanover, MI, October 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Hanover, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1000° N, 84.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1000&lon=-84.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5227X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5227X-2006-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 75 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014032279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED OCTOBER 14, 2005 ON A PRIVATE STRIP AT HANOVER, MICHIGAN. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND PILOT STATED "THAT HE WAS COMING IN FAST", BOUNCED AIRCRAFT (NOSE WHEEL DEPARTED AIRCRAFT), REGAINED CONTROL, AND LANDED AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 1000' DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE STRUT BURROWED INTO THE GRASS STRIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. NOTE: AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL SECTION WHILE TRYING TO RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI06CA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA009), Oct 14, 2005: Cessna U206G (N5227X), Hanover, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in the bounced landing and subsequent overload failure of the nose landing gear wheel. A factor associated with the accident was the grass…

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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