# Incident 20201106016249I: Cessna U206C, Los Banos, CA, November 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2020, 11:15 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0634° N, 120.8384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Banos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0634&lon=-120.8384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3972G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3972G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 330 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201106016249I

## Narrative

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

ON NOV 6, 2020, N3972G DEPARTED CASTLE AIRPORT TO LOS BANOS AIRPORT FOR SCHEDULED ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.  PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE PIC CHECK THE WEATHER AT THE LOCAL AIRPORT AND WAS AWARE THE WINDS WERE GOING TO REQUIRE A CROSSWIND LANDING.   (PIC CALCULATED POSSIBLE 18 KNOT CROSS WIND COMPONENT).  PIC STATED THAT HE CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING WHICH INCLUDED UP TO 25 DEGREES OF FLAPS.   APROX 11:15 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING.  PILOT STATED HE MAINTAINED PROPER CONTROL INPUT DURING THE ROLLOUT FOR THE CROSS WIND.  THE PIC THAN STATED HE FELT THE LEFT WING BEGIN TO RISE AND DESPITE HIS EFFORTS, THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT PIVOTED AROUND AT WHICH POINT THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY.   PIC DOES NOT RECALL RETRACTING THE FLAPS DURING THE ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N3972G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780225005589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225005589A), Feb 25, 1978: Cessna U206C (N3972G), Warren, VT, Substantial damage. Aim reported airport closed. Plt in contact with another plt on gr before deciding to land.

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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