# Incident 20110226004209I: Cessna T206H, Iowa City, IA, February 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2011, 16:15 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6396° N, 91.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOWA CITY MUNI (IOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-91.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1323D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1323D) (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: LYCOMING TIO-540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110226004209I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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