- Date
- July 1, 1989, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Del Rio, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N579LDCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890701019569A
- Case key
- 22888
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a porpoise.
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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that during a landing, the acft ballooned before touchdown. He said he tried to level the plane, but it touched down, nosewheel first. It then porporpoised several times & the nose gear collapsed. Before stopping, the acft skidded off the right side of the rwy & was further damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N579LD
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20605066
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Newton
- Airport
- DRT · Del Rio Intl, runway 13, 5,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 211 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N579LD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.