# NTSB CHI90LA229: Cessna U206A, N8060Z, Fishers, IN, August 13, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 13, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Fishers, IN
- Coordinates: 39.950695, -86.019538 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9507&lon=-86.0195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14750
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14750/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA229

## Probable cause

PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO ACCOMPLISH A RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A PORPOISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - encountered, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GAIN SPEED ON FINAL WHILE CORRECTING FOR BEING TOO HIGH ON GLIDE PATH. THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON ROUND-OUT FOR FLARE AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND PORPOISED. THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS ON THE NOSE GEAR AND COLLAPSED THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTAIL DAMAGE, HOWEVER THE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8060Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060Z-1998-08-13), registration cancelled 1998-08-13, S/N U2060460 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206A
- Registry model: [Cessna U206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (registry code 2073316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U206-0460
- Airframe hours: 3143
- Engines: Teledyne Cont IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Strawbridge, Robert A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 18, 1990, 39 hours before
- Departed: C03, NAPPANNEE, IN
- Airport: 4I8, Indianapolis Metropolitan, runway 32, 3,860 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 171 total, 18 in this make and model, 171 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 10 nm away

## 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 19900813033479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900813033479A), Aug 13, 1990: Cessna U206A, Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Landed fast,bounced,porpoised and came down hard on nose wheel. Impact broke off wheel,damaged prop firewall.

## Other investigations on N8060Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW70D0046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70D0046), May 18, 1969: Cessna 206 (N8060Z), Winnsboro, TX, substantial damage

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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