20221208019979A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna TP206A · Maricopa, AZ · December 8, 2022

Date
December 8, 2022 · 13:56 local
Place
Maricopa, AZ
Airport
Hidden Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N30WL
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA084
Reported as
Cessna TP206A
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On December 8, 2022, at approximately 1356 MDT, privacy data omitted, a Cessna aircraft model TP206A, single engine airplane, privacy data omitted, was on a ferry flight from kiwa, to AZ43, under visual flight rules, with one passenger on board. When the PIC turned onto final approach the aircraft lost power at approximately 200FT AGL and the PIC performed an emergency landing into the desert short of the runway. Upon touchdown the aircraft sunk into the mud and pitched up on its nose damaging the prop. The aircraft came down onto its right wing causing substantial damage. There were no injuries to the occupants. The PIC called the owner and the owner had the aircraft towed to privacy data omitted and parked it at the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 8, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 1356 MDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL TP206A, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM KIWA, TO AZ43, UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. WHEN THE PIC TURNED ONTO FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 200FT AGL AND THE PIC PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE DESERT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO THE MUD AND PITCHED UP ON ITS NOSE DAMAGING THE PROP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ONTO ITS RIGHT WING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE PIC CALLED THE OWNER AND THE OWNER HAD THE AIRCRAFT TOWED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PARKED IT AT THE RAMP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.