# NTSB CHI06CA009: Cessna U206G, N5227X, Hanover, MI, October 14, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 14, 2005, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Hanover, MI
- Coordinates: 42.099998, -84.566665
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1000&lon=-84.5667&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
- Parties: Belleville, MI FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62785
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62785/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA009

## Probable cause

The pilot misjudged the landing flare which resulted in the bounced landing and subsequent overload failure of the nose landing gear wheel.  A factor associated with the accident was the grass airstrip.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The airplane nosed over following a bounced landing.  The pilot stated the airplane bounced while landing on a private grass airstrip.  He stated he was unaware that the nose gear casting broke during the bounced landing.  The pilot recovered from the bounced landing and when the airplane touched down again, the nose gear strut dug into the grass and the airplane nosed over.

## Factual narrative

This report is based on information received by the NTSB.  Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case.  For further information, please contact the NTSB Office of Public Inquiries.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5227X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5227X-2006-10-17), registration cancelled 2006-10-17, S/N U20605601, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna U206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605601
- Engines: Continental IO-520-F reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Forest A. Owen
- Registered owner: Dorothy Dawson Food Products, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JXN, Jackson, MI
- Destination: Hanover, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 943 total, 95 in this make and model, 857 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20051014032279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014032279A), Oct 14, 2005: Cessna U206G, Hanover, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) The accident occurred October 14, 2005 on a private strip at Hanover, Michigan. While attempting to land pilot stated "that he was coming in fast",…

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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