# Incident 20180719011649I: Cessna T206H, Blythe, CA, July 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N278JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N278JH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,058 total, 240 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180719011649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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