# Incident 20201018020329I: Cessna TU206G, Challis, ID, October 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2020, 09:00 local time
- Place: Challis, ID
- Airport: Lower Loon Airstrip
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M2LA
- Location: 44.5058° N, 114.2283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Challis, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5058&lon=-114.2283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206TZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206TZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,126 total, 1,061 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201018020329I

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS ON A NORMAL APPROACH; TWO AIRPLANES LANDED AHEAD OF HIM. NEITHER ONE REPORTED ANY PROBLEMS. HE SPACED OUT HIS DOWNWIND FAR ENOUGH THAT THE LAST PLANE COULD TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. HE HAD FULL FLAPS DEPLOYED AND ADJUSTED AIRCRAFT SPEED DOWN TO 60 KNOTS, SLOWING TO 55 KNOTS ON SHORT FINAL. AS HE STARTED TO CROSS THE RIVER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK AND HE ADDED SOME POWER, SEVERAL INCHES OF MANIFOLD FROM 15 INCHES TO 18 INCHES. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED POWER BACK SO HE DIDN'T HAVE EXCESS AIRSPEED BECAUSE IT?S A STEEP APPROACH TO THAT RUNWAY. IT APPEARED TO BE A NORMAL FLARE AND AS HE HIT THE BOTTOM END OF HIS FLARE THE AIRCRAFT FELL OUT. HE IS NOT SURE IF IT WAS BREAK IN THE HEADWIND CAUSING A DECREASE IN LIFT. WHEN IT DROPPED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SOLIDLY. HE HELD ON AND RODE OUT THE LANDING. THE RUNWAY IS A STEEP DOWN SLOPE. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A WALK-AROUND AFTER LANDING AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY DISCREPANCIES WITH AIRCRAFT. HE FIXATED ON THE LANDING GEAR WHILE CONDUCTING HIS WALK-AROUND. HE DID NOT SEE THE DAMAGE UNTIL HE RETURNED TO MCCALL AIRPORT. HIS RETURN FLIGHT DID NOT CONTAIN ANY PASSENGERS.

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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