# NTSB FTW86LA071: Cessna TU206G, N6272Z, Tomball, TX, April 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1986, 18:10 local (Apr 22, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Location: 30.0951° N, 95.6197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0951&lon=-95.6197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22017/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA071

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20606209
- Airframe hours: 496
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860421012779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860421012779A), Apr 21, 1986: Cessna TU206G, Tomball, TX, Substantial damage. Failed to flare on downwind landing. Nose tire dug in and the aircraft flipped over after bouncing three times.

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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