# NTSB FTW86LA150: Cessna U206F, N147ED, Matagorda Is., TX, August 17, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 17, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Matagorda Is., TX
- Coordinates: 28.730922, -95.879264 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7309&lon=-95.8793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22076/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA150

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N147ED-2017-06-14), registration cancelled 2017-06-14, S/N U20603138, 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: U20603138
- Airframe hours: 3780
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860817040599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860817040599A), Aug 17, 1986: Cessna U206F, Matagorda Islan, TX, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed after striking an object hidden in the sand while landing on a beach. Aircraft nosed over.

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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