# NTSB ANC05LA087: Cessna U206F, N7138Q, Homer, AK, June 15, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 15, 2005, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Homer, AK - Coordinates: 59.645557, -151.476669 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6456&lon=-151.4767&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Anchorage, FSDO-03 - NTSB case key (mKey): 61707 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC05LA087 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61707/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA087 ## Probable cause The fracture of the airplane's nose gear scissor during landing, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll, and a nose down. A factor associated with the accident was the loss of nosewheel steering control. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - landing gear,nose gear assembly - fractured (cause) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - nosewheel steering - not possible (contributing factor) - Nose down, landing - roll - terrain condition - runway ## Analysis The airline transport certificated pilot of the 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight said that during landing, he landed on the main landing gear, and that when the nose wheel touched down, the airplane's nose gear pulled abruptly to the left. He said he applied right rudder and brake, but the airplane continued to the left, stopped abruptly, and nosed down. A postcrash inspection disclosed that the nose gear strut scissor was fractured. The operator reported that there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident. The right wing received structural damage during the accident. ## Factual narrative On June 15, 2005, about 1245 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna U206F airplane, N7138Q, sustained substantial damage when the wing impacted the runway during the landing roll at the Homer Airport, Homer, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Homer Air Inc. of Homer, as a visual flight rules (VFR) positioning flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The solo airline transport certificated pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight departed Silver Salmon, Alaska, about 1220. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on June 15, the chief pilot for the operator said the pilot told him that he landed the airplane on the main landing gear with a strong headwind. The pilot said when the nose wheel touched down, the airplane came to an abrupt stop, and the airplane rolled forward onto its nose and right wingtip. During a postcrash examination of the airplane, the pilot found the nose landing gear scissors were fractured. The chief pilot said that there were no known mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident, but the airplane had departed a very rough airstrip at Silver Salmon Creek, and he believed that, unknown to the pilot, the scissor probably fractured during takeoff. He said the right wing was structurally damaged when it impacted the runway during landing. In a written statement to the NTSB dated July 11, 2005 the pilot wrote that during landing at the Homer Airport, he landed on the main landing gear, and that when the nose wheel touched down the airplane's nose gear pulled "abruptly to the left." He reported that he applied right rudder and brake, but the airplane continued to the left. He wrote that the airplane nosed down, and received damage to the propeller, nose gear, and right wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7138Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7138Q), registered now, S/N U20603074, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna U206F - Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20603074 - Airframe hours: 10310 - Engines: Continental IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Positioning, Part 91 - Registered owner: Homer Air Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, June 1, 2005, 24 hours before - Departed: Silver Salmon, AK - Destination: PAHO, Homer, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: PAHO, Homer, runway 21, 6,701 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 7,325 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 7,215 as pilot in command, 124 in the last 90 days, 66 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 29.94 inHg - Observed at: PAHO ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050615011479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615011479A), Jun 15, 2005: Cessna U206F, Homer, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was landing into a direct headwind of about 15 KTS. When the nose wheel touched the dry paved runway, the scissors arm component of the nose wheel… ## Other investigations on N7138Q (2) 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 ANC10CA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA003), Oct 8, 2009: Cessna U206F (N7138Q), Homer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird. - [NTSB NYC77FNC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FNC17), Jan 13, 1977: Cessna 172 (N7138Q), Caribu, ME, substantial damage 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. 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