# Accident 20220421005699A: Textron Aviation Inc T206H, Goleta, CA, April 21, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2022, 11:20 local time
- Place: Goleta, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4277° N, 119.8407° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4277&lon=-119.8407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20617, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20617) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T206H (registry code 2073343, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO 540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,064 total, 10 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220421005699A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING AND TOUCH DOWN OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, THEN TO THE LEFT, BACK TO THE RIGHT CONTACTING THE RH WING TIP ON THE RUNWAY, THEN BACK TO THE LEFT STRIKING THE LH WING TIP ON THE RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT TIPPED FORWARD STRIKING THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED BACK ONTO THE LANDING GEAR AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR22LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA163), Apr 21, 2022: Textron T206H (N20617), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control for undetermined reasons. Contributing was the overstress fracture of the nose gear upper trunnion brace attach point.

## Other reports on N20617 (1)

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

- [Incident 20211117019829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211117019829I), Nov 17, 2021: Cessna C206 (N20617), Arlington, TX, Minor damage. Ferrying a Cessna 206 from alexandria on an IFR flight plan and had received a full weather briefing. Winds were gusty. While setting up for the visual…

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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