# Incident 20051231031599I: Cessna P206B, Colorado Spring, CO, December 31, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2005, 16:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N301PL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206B (registry code 2073309, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051231031599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 15 AT MEADOWLAKE AIRPORT (00V) WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE INTENT OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A TOUCH AND GO. PILOT DID A PREFLIGHT AND CHECKED FUEL FOR WATER, CHECKED THE MAGNETOS AT 1700 RPM, CYCLED THE PROP THREE TIMES, FOUND NO DEFECTS. AFTER ROTATION THE RPM DROPPED TO 1800 WHICH WAS NOT ENOUGH POWER TO CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB HIGHER 30 TO 50 FEET FROM THE GROUND. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A COW PASTURE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE SUSTAINED DURING LANDING. AFTER LANDING, WHILE TAXIING BACK TO THE AIRPORT, HE ENCOUNTERED A RUT IN THE COW PASTURE AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR DROPPED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE AND CRACKED THE FAIRING ON THE NOSE GEAR.

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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