# Accident 20150403023869A: Cessna 206H, Honolulu, HI, April 3, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2015, 21:15 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.3178° N, 157.9203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3178&lon=-157.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245RB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,931 total, 854 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150403023869A

## Narrative

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

AT RUNWAY THRESHOLD, PILOT REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND LANDED JUST PAST THE NUMBERS, THE MAIN TIRES TOUCHED FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE TIRE.  AS THE NOSE TIRE TOUCHED, THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THE NOSE YAWED ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT APPROXIAMATELY 30 DEGREES.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ARRESTING GEAR BARRIER EQUIPMENT (GENERATOR VENTS & SIGNAGE).  DAMAGE INCLUDES PROP, BENT RIGHT WING STRUT, IMPACT DAMAGE ON AFT FUSELAGE AND BOTH HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS AND LEFT ELEVATOR.

## 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 WPR15LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA148), Apr 4, 2015: Cessna 206H (N245RB), Honolulu, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A blown nose landing gear tire during landing, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control.

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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