# Accident 20061023024629A: Cessna U206G, Willcox, AZ, October 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Willcox, AZ
- Airport: Cochise County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2453° N, 109.8947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2453&lon=-109.8947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206LL-2009-11-10) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 445 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061023024629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/22/2006 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 LOCAL IN HIS CE-206, N206LL FROM P33 IN WILCOX, AZ. HE WAS GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GOS. UPON TRYING TO TOUCH DOWN IN WHAT HE SAID WAS A NORMAL ATTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN IN A PRETTY VIOLENT MANNER. HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND PROCEEDED TO TRY ANOTHER LANDING USING AN APPROACH SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60-65 KNOTS AND THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN INITIATED SOME BOUNCES BUT HE WAS ABLE TO LAND OK. HE NOTIFIED HIS MECHANIC AND ON 10/23/2006 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ SHOWED UP AND DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM WITH HIS MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TECHNICAL TERM THAT CAUSED IT WAS "GROUND RESONANCE OSCILLATION." THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE HAD SERVICED THE STRUT WITH AIR AND GREASE AND THAT IT WAS GOOD TO GO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ DEPARTED P33 ON 10/23/2006 TO DO A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GOS. HE STATED THAT THE WIND WAS RIGHT DOWN RUNWAY 03 AND UPON ATTEMPTING A NORMAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN AND THE PROP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA024), Oct 23, 2006: Cessna U206G (N206LL), Willcox, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged flare and porpoising during landing.

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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