# NTSB ERA12CA460: Cessna T206H, N6200B, Glens Falls, NY, July 16, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 16, 2012, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Glens Falls, NY
- Coordinates: 43.34111, -73.606109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3411&lon=-73.6061&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12CA460
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84351/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84351
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA460

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## 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 T206H, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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 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)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: 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-landing roll: 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-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna T206H, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073303), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, after the airplane landed, it veered to the left. He applied full power to abort the landing, but the airplane exited the left side of the runway. The airplane continued about 100 yards across the grass apron and into deeper grass where it struck a ditch, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and vertical stabilizer. Further examination revealed that the left main landing gear tire had come off the tire rim during the accident sequence, but no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation were found.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, after the airplane landed, it veered to the left. He initiated a go-around, applied full power, but the airplane exited the left side of the runway. The airplane continued about 100 yards across the grass apron, and into deeper grass where it struck a ditch, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. A post-accident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and vertical stabilizer. Further examination revealed the left main landing gear tire had come off the tire rim during the accident sequence, but no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6200B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6200B-2022-07-30), registration cancelled 2022-07-30, S/N T20608877, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- 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: T20608877
- Airframe hours: 309
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: JM Aviation Holding LLC
- Registered owner: JM Aviation Holding LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2012
- Departed: SCH, Schenectady, NY
- Destination: GFL, Glens Falls, NY
- Airport: GFL, Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, runway 01, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 9, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 484 total, 103 in this make and model, 442 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 37 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.77 inHg
- Observed at: GFL

## 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 20120716016019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120716016019A), Jul 16, 2012: Cessna T206H, Glenns Falls, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on runway one and went off of the left side of the runway and into ditch shearing off the nose landing gear as the aircraft flipped over onto…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 7, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84351. 3.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 443 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375394&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Pilot Statement (item 2, .PDF, 343 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375395&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20Statement-Redacted.PDF
- Memorandum of Record: FAA Inspector (item 3, .PDF, 92 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375396&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Record%3A%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF
- GFL Weather Observations (item 4, .PDF, 130 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375397&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=GFL%20Weather%20Observations-Master.PDF
- Photo 1: View of Airplane At Rest (Courtesy of FAA) (item 5, .PDF, 2.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40375398&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20View%20of%20Airplane%20At%20Rest%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.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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