20140719011529A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna T206H · Sterling City, TX · July 19, 2014

Date
July 19, 2014 · 17:00 local
Place
Sterling City, TX
Airport
U Ranch
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6035W
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN14CA384
Reported as
Cessna T206H
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,049 total443 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On July 19, 2014 at approximately 1825 CDT, the pilot of a Cessna 206, registration number N6035W, attempted a landing on a private strip on the U Ranch located ten miles northwest of Sterling City, Texas. The pilot landed in a crosswind, lost control of the aircraft and the aircraft flipped over on it's back and came to rest inverted. The pilot and five passengers were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the empennage, vertical stablizer and rudder.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 19, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1825 CDT, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 206, REGISTRATION NUMBER N6035W, ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON A PRIVATE STRIP ON THE U RANCH LOCATED TEN MILES NORTHWEST OF STERLING CITY, TEXAS. THE PILOT LANDED IN A CROSSWIND, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE EMPENNAGE, VERTICAL STABLIZER AND RUDDER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.