- Date
- July 23, 1982, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N206BACessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820723031699A
- Case key
- 72957
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Analysis
The pilot was landing on runway 09 at a private strip with the wind from 020 at 12 to 15 KTS. He stated that when he was passing over a tree line on a short final approach, he encountered a downdraft and was unable to flare before contacting the runway. The aircraft touched down hard and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206BA
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20606073
- Airframe hours
- 280
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arthur A. Abell
- Registered owner
- Hilside Dairy
- Departed
- Middlefield, OH
- Destination
- Warren, OH
- Airport
- 62D · Warren, runway 9, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 2,150 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.