# Incident 20130503006459I: Cessna T206H, Stuart, FL, May 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2013, 10:30 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Stuart Martin Witham Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1953° N, 80.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuart, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1953&lon=-80.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1962G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130503006459I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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