- Date
- August 17, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Matagorda Is., TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N147EDCessna U206F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860817040599A
- Case key
- 22076
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softCause
Judgment - poorCause
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Cause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot was making a beach landing when the nose wheel struck an object in the sand, causing the nose wheel to collapse and the aircraft to nose over into an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N147ED
- Reported as
- Cessna U206F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603138
- Airframe hours
- 3,780
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Systems Plumbing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 26, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- AXH · Houston S.W., TX
N147EDRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 2017 · Cessna U206FAirframe modelCessna U206FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,363 total · 267 in this make and model · 2,206 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.