# Accident 20120614012279A: Cessna TP206A, Alpine, TX, June 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2012, 17:29 local time
- Place: Alpine, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3839° N, 103.6833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3839&lon=-103.6833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4630F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4630F-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TP206A (registry code 2073310, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 20 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120614012279A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2012, APPROXIMATELY 1729 CDT N4630F, A CESSNA 206, WAS RETURNING TO THE ALPINE AIRPORT (E38) AFTER PERFORMING AERIAL SURVEY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED VFR WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  N4630F LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 AT E38 WAS TRACKING ON CENTERLINE WHEN A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19.  THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED FULL RUDDER, BUT IT HAD NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A DITCH OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE 3 PASSANGERS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED

## 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 CEN12CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA372), Jun 14, 2012: Cessna TP206A (N4630F), Alpine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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