# Incident 20180511005099I: Cessna 208B, Defuniak Spring, FL, May 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2018, 07:30 local time
- Place: Defuniak Spring, FL
- Airport: Melanies
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9189° N, 86.2183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MELANIE'S (05FA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9189&lon=-86.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1128L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1128L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,275 total, 307 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180511005099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ON FINAL APPROACH HE HAD LOWER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED. WHEN HE PULLED POWER  AND PROPELLER WENT IN BETA ON FINAL APPROACH THE NOSE DROPPED AND HE LOST ELEVATOR AUTHORITY. THE NOSE GEAR HIT HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK IN THE AIR. UPON TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL OUT A TURN WAS INITIATED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER TIPS HIT THE GROUND AND ENGINE SHUT DOWN.

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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