# Accident 20110402007249A: Cessna U206C, Bridgeport, CT, April 2, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2011, 19:05 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1797° N, 73.1907° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1797&lon=-73.1907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100HA-2018-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 54 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110402007249A

## Narrative

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

IFR FLIGHT FROM KAIG TO KBDR, AIRCRAFT TURNED FROM LEFT BASE TO FINAL ON RUNWAY 29, PILOT NOTICED SUN WAS DIRECTELY OFF THE END OF RWY 29 AND LOW ON THE HORIZON, THE PILOT USED THE VASI LIGHTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RWY SO HE DID NOT HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE SUN, UPON PASSING THE VASI AT THE CORRECT APPROACH ANGLE HE STARTED TO FLARE, UPON LOOKING UP ABOVE THE DASH PANEL THE SUN WAS DIRECTELY IN THE PILOTS EYES AND HE WAS MOMENTARILY BLINDED, PILOT COULD NOT SEE AIRSPEED INDICATOR, UPON FEELING THE NOSE DROP WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTING PAVEMENT, PILOT ADDED POWER TO DO A GO AROUND, AND THE PILOT THEN FELT THE PROP STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSEWHEEL STRUT PUSH INTO THE COWLING, POWER WAS RETARDED TO IDLE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 3 TIMES ON RUNWAY 29 BEFORE SETTLING DOWN, THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE FBO OF ATLANTIC AVIATION.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA11CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA226), Apr 2, 2011: Cessna U206C (N100HA), Bridgeport, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to perform a go-around which resulted in a hard 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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