# Accident 20200213004409A: Cessna TP206C, Kahului, HI, February 13, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8969° N, 156.4331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8969&lon=-156.4331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8649Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8649Z-2024-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TP206C (registry code 2073313, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,455 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200213004409A

## Narrative

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

BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PASSENGER ACCIDENT VIDEO.

ON 2-12-2020 N8649Z INITIAL APPROACH INTO OGG AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT STABILIZED DUE TO SHIFTING WINDS.

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN VERY HARD THEN BOUNCED INTO AIR  IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY A NOSE DOWN AND IMPACTED 3 SEPARATE TIMES.

AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED LEFT INTO THE SOD AREA AND SHUT DOWN.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT AND COULD NOT TAXI.

THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO NORMAL. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES ARE BENT

WINDS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT REPORTED AS 060 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.

2/12/2020 AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM PHOG RUNWAY WITHOUT NTSB OR FAA APPROVAL.  MAUI COUNTY AIRPORTS DIRECTED REMOVAL SO AS TO OPEN THE PRIMARY OGG RUNWAY 02.

2/20/2020 INSPECTOR MONFORT (FAA IIC) ARRIVED AT OGG AIRPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHED DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.  FIRE WALL DAMAGE SEEN IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT PHOTOGRAPH ON LEFT SIDE LOWER PORTION, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF PILOT SEAT. NOSE WHEEL SEVERELY BENT.  ALL 3 PROPELLER TIPS BENT OVER, CURLED.

NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC20CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA027), Feb 13, 2020: Cessna TP206 (N8649Z), Kahului, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane porpoising and a subsequent a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and nose-over.

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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