# NTSB CEN20CA349: Cessna T206, N829PA, Bentonville, AR, August 1, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 31, 2020, 20:00 local (Aug 1, 2020, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.345275, -94.219444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3453&lon=-94.2194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101823
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA349
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101823/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101823
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA349

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported landing "flat" and the airplane "bounced." After a second "bounce" the pilot initiated a go-around. However, when the nose landing gear contacted the runway a third time, the nose wheel "blew out." The airplane veered to the left, exited the runway pavement, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot observed no anomalies during the preflight inspection. A flight instructor who witnessed the accident stated that the airplane remained in a "nose down pitch attitude" until the nose wheel contacted the runway which caused the airplane to "bounce." After the third bounce, the nose wheel "blew out sending white smoke into the air."

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported landing "flat" and the airplane "bounced." After a second "bounce" the pilot initiated a go-around. However, when the nose landing gear contacted the runway a third time, the nose wheel "blew out." The airplane veered to the left, exited the runway pavement, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot observed no anomalies during the preflight inspection. A flight instructor who witnessed the accident stated that the airplane remained in a "nose down pitch attitude" until the nose wheel contacted the runway which caused the airplane to "bounce." After the third bounce, the nose wheel "blew out sending white smoke into the air."

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N829PA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N829PA), registered now, S/N T20608950, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna T206 (H)
- Registry model: [Cessna T206H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (registry code 2073303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (registry code 42004, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T20608950
- Year built: 2009
- Airframe hours: 731.5
- Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Summit Aviation LLC
- Registered owner: Summit Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 20, 2020, 62 hours before
- Departed: PLK, Branson, MO
- Destination: VBT, Bentonville, AR
- Airport: VBT, Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thad, runway 36, 4,426 × 65 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 20, 2019; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 162.6 total, 11.1 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days, 20.3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: VBT

## 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 20200801013289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200801013289A), Aug 1, 2020: Cessna T206H, Bentonville, AR, Substantial damage. On August 1, 2020 at approximately 2000 at Bentonville, AR (kvbt), Cessna model 206/A s/n T20608950, N829PA during landing the aircraft bounced three times.…

## Docket (6 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 16, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101823. 26.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11376467&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot-Operator%20Accident%20Report_redacted-Rel.pdf
- Conversation summary -- pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 48 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11376750&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20--%20Andrew%20Holler%20(Pilot)%20--%2022Sep2020-Rel.pdf
- Witness statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 8 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11375880&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Witness%20Stmt-Rel.pdf
- Maintenance records (excerpt) (item 4, PDF, 5 pages, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11376041&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Maintenance%20Records%20(Excerpt)_redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot logbook (excerpt) (item 5, PDF, 8 pages, 20.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11376051&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Logbook_redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photo (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 80 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=11377984&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Rel.pdf

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.

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