# Accident 20240723010229A: Textron Aviation Inc T206H, Eureka, CA, July 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2024, 11:20 local time
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Kneeland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7230° N, 123.9280° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7230&lon=-123.9280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N460DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T206H (registry code 2073343, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240723010229A

## Narrative

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

BASED ON EYEWITNESS STATEMENTS WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH GROUND SCARRING ON THE RUNWAY AND SURROUNDING TERRAIN, THE SUBJECT AIRPLANE INITIATED A GO-AROUND ON THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 33.  THE AIRCRAFT JOINED THE LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER THE GO AROUND.  DURING THE SECOND ATTEMPT, IT WAS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN HIGH AND FAST.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO TOUCHDOWN MORE THAN HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AS INDICATED BY SCARRING ON THE RUNWAY.  IT WAS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FLAT WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH A FAST APPROACH AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY.  IT IS SPECULATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED FULL POWER TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND IN WHICH THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE PITCHING MOMENT DUE TO THE INCREASE IN POWER CAUSED THE TAIL TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE YAWED TO THE LEFT.  THE YAWING TO THE LEFT IS SPECULATED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE LEFT TURNING TENDENCIES OF A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT AS THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED TO FULL.  THERE IS ALSO GROUND SCARRING ON THE RUNWAY INDICATING A LEFT-WING STRIKE AS THE WING TIP DRUG DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THERE IS SCARRING ON A TREE JUST OFFSET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WHICH SHOWS THE LEFT-WING IMPACTING TREE BRANCHES.  IT IS SPECULATED THAT THE PILOT WAS PUSHING ON THE RIGHT RUDDER TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE TIRE TRACKS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE DIRT LEADING TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, TO AN APPROXIMATE 50–60-DEGREE DOWNSLOPE GRADIENT.  THIS DOWNSLOPE GRADIENT IS POPULATED WITH HEAVY TREES AND BUSH.  THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREETOPS AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF CONTROL AS IT CAME TO IT FINAL RESTING PLACE STRIKING SEVERAL TREES ON THE WAY DOWN.

## 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 WPR24FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA252), Jul 23, 2024: Textron T206H (N460DC), Kneeland, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to perform a go-around after an unstabilized approach, which resulted in a loss of control, runway overrun, and impact with terrain.

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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