# Incident 20230212001089I: Cessna U206F, Ingleside, TX, February 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2023, 10:45 local time
- Place: Ingleside, TX
- Airport: Mccampbell-Porter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8706° N, 97.2079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ingleside, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8706&lon=-97.2079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9626G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9626G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230212001089I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 12, 2023, AT ABOUT 1045 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, N9626G, A CESSNA 206, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH, INTO MCCAMPBELL-PORTER INGLESIDE AIRPORT (KTFP), WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED ENGINE SHUTDOWN, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER. DUE TO THE LOSS OF POWER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT ONTO THE RUNWAY, FORCING THE PILOT LAND IT ON A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 200-300 YARDS NORTHWEST OF RUNWAY 13. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUT ON THE GROUND WHICH TOOK OUT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE GROUND. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE ON THE AIRCRAFT’S LOWER FUSELAGE WAS RIPPED OFF. THE FORWARD LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND LOWER ENGINE COWL WAS DENTED. TWO OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT BACK AND HAD SCRAPES CONSISTENT WITH GROUND SCARING. THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE AND RIB WERE BENT AND DEFORMED.GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS CAUSE FOR THE UNCOMMANDED SHUTDOWN.

NOTE: THE CAUSE OF THE UNCOMANDED SHUTDOWN HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS OF THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N9626G (1)

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

- [Accident 19751030042379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751030042379A), Oct 30, 1975: Cessna U206F (N9626G), Green Turtle, Substantial damage. Investigation under the jurisdiction of the govt of Bahamas.

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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