# Incident 20111004022639I: Cessna 206, Merced, CA, October 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5109U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5109U-2013-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111004022639I

## Narrative

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

PIC/CFI WAS GIVING FLIGHT REVIEW TO THE SECOND PILOT.  TWO PREVIOUS SIMULATED ENGINE OUT SCENARIOS HAD BEEN PERFORMED TO LOW APPROACHES ONLY.  ON THIS LAST SIMULATED ENGINE OUT DRILL A FULL STOP LANDING WAS PLANNED AT THE DEPARTURE/DESTINATION AIRPORT.   CFI STATES THAT THE APPROACH WAS STABLE WITH FULL FLAPS.  ON SHORT FINAL WHEN THE CFI EXPECTED THE SECOND PILOT TO FLARE HE DID NOT.   THE PIC COMMANDED "FLARE", & SIMULTANEOUSLY GRABBED THE ELEVATOR AND THROTTLE AS THE SECOND PILOT STATED, "I CAN'T".  THERE WAS NO AFT ELEVATOR MOVEMENT LEFT AS IT HAD REACHED THE LIMIT OF TRAVEL.  THE SECOND PILOT HAD NOT REPORTED THIS SITUATION ON THIS APPROACH, OR THE TWO PREVIOUS SIMULATED FORCED LANDING APPROACHES.   THE RESULTANT LANDING WAS HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

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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