# NTSB FTW86FRG16: Cessna U206F, N8502Q, Mcallen, TX, March 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 5, 1986, 08:54 local (14:54 UTC)
- Place: Mcallen, TX
- Coordinates: 26.210269, -98.230834 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2103&lon=-98.2308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21965
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FRG16
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21965/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FRG16

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8502Q-2013-10-24), registration cancelled 2013-10-24, S/N U20603359, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Registry model: [Cessna U206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (registry code 2073333) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 420603359
- Airframe hours: 5176
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860305005379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860305005379A), Mar 5, 1986: Cessna U206F, Mc Allen, TX, Destroyed. Porpoised on rollout. Nose gear sheared and aircraft flipped over. Unrestrained cargo injured the pilot.

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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