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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T206H · Iowa City, IA · February 26, 2011

Date
February 26, 2011 · 16:15 local
Place
Iowa City, IA
Airport
Iowa City Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1323D
Reported as
Cessna T206H
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total500 in this make and model80 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.

The pilot flew the RNAV 30 instrument approach to the Iowa City airport. He broke out 100 ft above minimums and had good visibility. He continued the descent to runway 30 and indicated that he was confident he was lined up in the center of the runway. When he was in the landing flare, he discovered that he was slightly off to the left side of the runway. He did not attempt to go around and continued to land the aircraft along side the runway. As the aircraft decelerated, the front nose gear became mired in the mud and subsequently collapsed. After the nose of the aircraft contacted the ground, it spun the aircraft 90 degrees so it faced the runway. No injuries were sustained by the sole occupant and no other incidents were caused by this occurrence.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT FLEW THE RNAV 30 INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE IOWA CITY AIRPORT. HE BROKE OUT 100 FT ABOVE MINIMUMS AND HAD GOOD VISIBILITY. HE CONTINUED THE DESCENT TO RUNWAY 30 AND INDICATED THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT HE WAS LINED UP IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. WHEN HE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE, HE DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS SLIGHTLY OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND AND CONTINUED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED, THE FRONT NOSE GEAR BECAME MIRED IN THE MUD AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. AFTER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, IT SPUN THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES SO IT FACED THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND NO OTHER INCIDENTS WERE CAUSED BY THIS OCCURRENCE.