# Accident 20250316013739A: Cessna P206A, Frankston, TX, March 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Frankston, TX
- Airport: Aero Estates
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0817° N, 95.4525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0817&lon=-95.4525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4672F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4672F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 122 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250316013739A

## Narrative

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

MARCH 16, 1428L, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT AERO ESTATES (T25) RUNWAY 27, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY UPON LANDING WHEN A GUST OF WIND CARRIED THE AIRCRAFT LEFT OF CENTER, JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THE RUNWAY HE VEERED APPROXIMATLY 50 FEET, CONTINUING LEFT AND INTO THE BRUSH STRIKING THE LEFT WING ON A TREE RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ONSITE MARCH 20, 2025 NOTING PRIMARY DAMAGE ON THE LEFT WING TIP EXTENDING INWARD AND AFT APPROXIMATLY 48 INCHES . SEVERAL SPARS WERE FOUND TO BE BENT. THE PROP HAD EVIDENCE OF CONTACT BUT WAS NOT REPORTED TO HAVE SUDDENLY STOPPED. A SMALL DENT WAS NOTED ON THE LEFT LOWER NOSE COWL. MAINTENANCE DOCUMENTS WERE INSPECTED AND DETERMINED TO BE CURRENT. PILOT RECEIVED HIS CHECK RIDE AND WAS SIGNED OFF SAME DAY (MARCH 16, 2025) AT 12:15L BY EXAMINER 900603305. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS CURRENT. ALL FLIGHT LOGS PROVIDED WERE ACCURATE.

## 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 CEN25LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA131), Mar 16, 2025: Cessna P206 (N4672F), Frankston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing with a gusting crosswind.

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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