- Date
- July 23, 2017, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sandy, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10ARCessna TU206B
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170723015579A
- Case key
- 95644
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper bank control during landing in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he checked the wind sock at the airpark and made left traffic for a landing on the turf runway. As the airplane touched down, it encountered a wind gust from the left. The right wing struck the ground, followed by the left wing and the propeller. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest upright on the main landing gear and the fuselage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right- and left-wing spars. The pilot reported the wind was from 270° at 7 knots. The nearest METAR, 10 miles northwest of the airpark, reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was variable at 3 knots, the ceiling was overcast at 2,100 ft, and the visibility was greater than 10 statute miles. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he checked the wind sock at the airpark and made left traffic for a landing on the turf surface of runway 25. As the airplane touched down, it encountered a gust of wind from the left. The right-wing struck the ground, followed by the left-wing and the propeller striking the ground. The nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest upright, on the main landing gear and the fuselage. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right and left-wing spars. The pilot reported the wind was from 270 degrees at 7 knots, unknown if it was gusting. The nearest METAR, 10 miles northwest of the airpark, reported that about the time of the accident the wind was variable at 3 knots, the ceiling was overcast at 2,100 feet and the visibility was greater than 10 statute miles. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10AR
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206B (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-0738
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 3,190.13
- Engine
- Continental TS10520C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- K Airmotive LLC
- Registered owner
- K Airmotive LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 2016
- Departed
- 0629 · Sandy River Air, OR
- Destination
- 0629 · Sandy, OR
- Airport
- OG29 · Mc Kinnon Airpark, runway 25, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system
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
- Age
- 77
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 20, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 2,360 total · 630 in this make and model · 2,360 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4.4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KTTD, 10 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 10, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.