- Date
- February 13, 2020, 13:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kahului, HI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8649ZCessna TP206
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200213004409A
- Case key
- 100997
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare in gusting crosswind conditions, which resulted in the airplane porpoising and a subsequent a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and nose-over.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, he flared the airplane "too much," and the nose pitched up. Subsequently, the airplane porpoised on the runway, veered left, exited the runway, and nosed down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot of the airplane reported that, while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, he flared too much, and the nose of the airplane pitched up. Subsequently, the airplane porpoised about 3 times on the runway, veered left, exited the runway, and nosed down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8649Z
- Reported as
- Cessna TP206 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0449
- Built
- 1968
- Airframe hours
- 3,354
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-CM, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- NV Aviation
- Registered owner
- NV Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2020
- Departed
- OGG · Kahului, HI
- Destination
- OGG · Kahului, HI
- Airport
- OGG · Kahului, runway 02, 6,998 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 4, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,450 total · 11.6 in this make and model · 2,450 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4.6 in the last 30 days · 1.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- PHOG
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 31, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.