# Accident 20060906025949A: Cessna T206H, Cedar Rapids, IA, September 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2006, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport: Cedar Rapids Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8847° N, 91.7108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8847&lon=-91.7108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2430A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2430A-2007-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 42 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060906025949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 3,000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL TO THE ASSIGNED CRUISE ALTITUDE. HE REPORTED THAT A BIRD APPEARED FROM BELOW THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE. HE REPORTEDLY "BANKED RIGHT TO TRY AND AVOID CONTACT." UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND THE BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING. THE PILOT STATED: "THE DAMAGE CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, SO I DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT." HE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED LEADING EDGE CRUSHING OF THE LEFT WING, AFT TO THE FORWARD SPAR, BETWEEN THE WING STRUT AND THE LANDING LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

## 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 CHI06CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA276), Sep 6, 2006: Cessna T206H (N2430A), Cedar Rapids, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird during climb to cruise altitude.

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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