- Date
- April 21, 1986, 18:10 local (Apr 22, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6272ZCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860421012779A
- Case key
- 22017
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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
Flare - not performedFactor
Nose over
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - softFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - poorCause
Analysis
The pilot reported that he failed to flare the aircraft when he touched down during landing at Tomball, TX. The aircraft bounced twice and the nosewheel dug into the dirt strip causing the aircraft to noseover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6272Z
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606209
- Airframe hours
- 496
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Kaufmann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- AUS · Austin Miller, TX
- Airport
- TMB · Tomball, runway 18, 2,400 × 80 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 512 total · 13 in this make and model · 296 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DWH, 5 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.