# Accident 20110820017549A: Cessna TU206G, Shawano, WI, August 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2011, 19:30 local time
- Place: Shawano, WI
- Airport: Shawano Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7872° N, 88.5600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7872&lon=-88.5600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12TL-2013-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 900 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA586](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA586) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110820017549A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, A NUMBER OF CRANES FLEW ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT DROPPED THE NOSE TO AVOID HITTING BIRDS.  HE LANDED HARD WITH THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT POINTED TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 INTO THE TALL GRASS.  THE PILOT ADDED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT FLEW A SHORT DISTANCE AND CAME BACK DOWN, IT CONTINUED THROUGH THE GRASS UNTIL IT BEGAN TO CROSS RUNWAY 30, AT THIS POINT IT BEGAN TO FLY AGAIN.  THE PILOT TRIED TO BANK LEFT TO AVOID A TREE LINE.  DURING BANK THE LEFT FLOAT HIT THE GROUND, TOSSING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT,  THE RIGHT FLOAT HIT AND THE NOSE WHEEL DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT WING ALSO STRUCK THE GROUND WHICH TORE THE TIP TANK FROM THE WING.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN FACING SOUTH WEST.

## 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 CEN11CA586](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA586), Aug 21, 2011: Cessna TU206G (N12TL), Shawno, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control on final approach, while maneuvering to avoid birds.

## Other reports on N12TL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990524026539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990524026539I), May 24, 1999: Cessna TU206G (N12TL), Lino Lakes, MN, Minor damage. (-23) After landing on sod runway pilot was turning around, aircraft right main landing gear sunk in soft ground and wingtip hit mound of dirt. Minor damage…

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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