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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T206H · Blythe, CA · July 19, 2018

Date
July 19, 2018 · 11:30 local
Place
Blythe, CA
Airport
Blythe Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N278JH
Reported as
Cessna T206H
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
6,058 total240 in this make and model73 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.

An airline transport pilot was flying a Cessna 206 from ktus to kblh for a business flight with four passengers on board. The incident occurred at Blythe Airport (blh), a non-towered airport in Blythe, CA. The pilot listened to the AWOS, which reported the winds at 130 at 7KNOTS. The winds were favoring runway 17, but the pilot elected to land on runway 26 due to a C-130 observed to land on runway 17. Shortly after touchdown, the quartering tail winds caused the left wing of the aircraft to lift up causing the right wing of the aircraft to strike the runway while torqueing the nose to the left. This resulted in minor damage to both the propeller and right wing of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS FLYING A CESSNA 206 FROM KTUS TO KBLH FOR A BUSINESS FLIGHT WITH FOUR PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT BLYTHE AIRPORT (BLH), A NON-TOWERED AIRPORT IN BLYTHE, CA. THE PILOT LISTENED TO THE AWOS, WHICH REPORTED THE WINDS AT 130 AT 7KNOTS. THE WINDS WERE FAVORING RUNWAY 17, BUT THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 DUE TO A C-130 OBSERVED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE QUARTERING TAIL WINDS CAUSED THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO LIFT UP CAUSING THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY WHILE TORQUEING THE NOSE TO THE LEFT. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH THE PROPELLER AND RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.