- Date
- March 5, 1986, 08:54 local (14:54 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8502QCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860305005379A
- Case key
- 21965
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Analysis
On 03-05-86 at 0854 CST a Cessna U206F, N8502Q, was substantially damaged on landing rollout at miller international airport in Mcallen, Texas. There was no fire and the pilot received minor injuries when the electronics cargo fell upon him as the aircraft flipped over on its back. Personnel of Mcallen control tower reported that the aircraft appeared to porpoise on rollout. The nose landing wheel and fork assembly were sheared off. The aircraft left the runway and flipped over on its back approximately 2500 ft. from the approach end of runway 13.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8502Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 420603359
- Airframe hours
- 5,176
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arriaga Gregorio
- Registered owner
- Jose E. Martinez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1985 · 51 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFE · Miller International, runway 13, 7,103 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 47 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.