# NTSB CEN25LA131: Cessna P206, N4672F, Frankston, TX, March 16, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 16, 2025, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC) - Place: Frankston, TX - Coordinates: 32.08175, -95.452503 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0817&lon=-95.4525&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - N. Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 199879 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA131 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199879/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199879 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA131 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing with a gusting crosswind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna P206A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2073308), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during the touchdown, a strong wind gust pushed the airplane to the left. The left wheel caught the edge of the downslope on the left side of the runway and pulled the airplane into a ditch. The pilot attempted unsuccessfully to recover using right rudder. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing when it collided with a tree and came to rest in some brush. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 27 with wind from 340° at 9 knots, gusting to 16 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4672F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4672F), registered now, S/N P206-0272, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P206 (A) - Registry model: [Cessna P206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (registry code 2073308) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P206-0272 - Year built: 1966 - Airframe hours: 3604.9 - Engines: Continental IO-550-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2024 - Departed: KMNE, Minden, LA - Destination: T25, Frankston, TX - Airport: T25, Aero Estates Airport, runway 27, 3,100 × 60 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 145.1 total, 122.8 in this make and model, 54.7 as pilot in command, 33.6 in the last 90 days, 15.8 in the last 30 days, 5.7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 9 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 18 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Turbulence: Moderate - Observed at: KTYR, 17 nm away - METAR: KTYR 161853Z 34009G16KT 10SM CLR 19/M08 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP189 T01891078= ## 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 20250316013739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250316013739A), Mar 16, 2025: Cessna P206A, Frankston, TX, Substantial damage. 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… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199879. 7.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 7.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18652287&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA131%20-%206120_1_redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 579 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18650260&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA131%20-%20PHOTOS-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. 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