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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T206H · Stuart, FL · May 3, 2013

Date: May 3, 2013 · 10:30 local
Place: Stuart, FL
Airport: Stuart Martin Witham Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1962G
Reported as: Cessna T206H
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 13 total13 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot landed hard at Stuart, Florida airport, causing the nose landing gear to collapse and the propeller tips to curl up due to ground impact. Pilot has 8 hours experience in Cessna 206 aircraft with no instrument rating and was accompanied by a certified flight instructor pilot with over 1100 hours experience in Cessna 206 aircraft. The flight originated at the Cessna corporation factory at independence, Kansas, at approximately 11:25 am local time, making 3 stops on the way to Stuart airport Florida, under IFR flight condition must of the time. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED HARD AT STUART, FLORIDA AIRPORT, CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER TIPS TO CURL UP DUE TO GROUND IMPACT. PILOT HAS 8 HOURS EXPERIENCE IN CESSNA 206 AIRCRAFT WITH NO INSTRUMENT RATING AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT WITH OVER 1100 HOURS EXPERIENCE IN CESSNA 206 AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CESSNA CORPORATION FACTORY AT INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM LOCAL TIME, MAKING 3 STOPS ON THE WAY TO STUART AIRPORT FLORIDA, UNDER IFR FLIGHT CONDITION MUST OF THE TIME. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 P.M. LOCAL TIME.