# Incident 20181112017209I: Cessna 206, Hanapepe, HI, November 12, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hanapepe, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.9146° N, 159.5860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanapepe, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9146&lon=-159.5860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181112017209I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 LOCAL TIME, WHILE CLIMBING THRU 3500 FT. THE PILOT FELT A BOUNCE IN THE YOLK, AT 4000 FT. HE FELT TWO MORE BOUNCES.  THE PILOT INFORMED HIS TANDEM INSTRUCTORS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RETURN TO PORT ALLEN AIRPORT. AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT FELT STRONG CONTINUOUS BOUNCING IN THE YOLK; HE LEVELED OFF AND INFORMED THE TANDEM INSTRUCTORS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE JUMPERS. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT PORT ALLEN AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

THIS WAS THE FOURTH FLIGHT OF THE DAY

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ROD WAS BROKEN AT THE POINT THAT  ATTACHES TO THE TRIM TAB.

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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