- Date
- August 10, 2018, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29204Cessna U206
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180810010669A
- Case key
- 98065
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to stop the airplane on the wet runway after an aborted go-around, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with terrain.
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
The pilot reported that, while he was climbing the airplane to jump altitude with skydivers onboard, it encountered "light rain," so he decided to postpone the jump and return to the airport. Upon crossing the runway threshold, about 100 ft above ground level, he initiated a go-around, but the airplane "did not climb." The pilot then decided to land on the remaining runway. After touchdown, he applied full braking, but the airplane overran the end of the runway into a corn field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observation station located about 7 miles from the accident airport reported that, about 20 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 280° at 8 knots. The pilot reported that, at the accident airport, about the time of the accident, the wind was from the northwest with rain. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 26.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, while climbing to jump altitude with skydivers onboard, they encountered "light rain" and he decided to postpone the jump and return to the airport. Upon crossing the runway threshold, about 100 ft above the ground, he initiated a go-around but the airplane "did not climb". He then decided to land on the remaining runway. After touchdown, he applied "full" braking, but the airplane overran the end of the runway into a corn field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation station located about 7 miles from the accident airport reported that, about 20 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 280° at 8 knots. The pilot reported that, at the accident airport, about the time of the accident, the wind was from the northwest with rain. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 26.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29204
- Reported as
- Cessna U206 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206-1162
- Built
- 1968
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520 C3B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Jms Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Jms Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 15, 2018 · 7,939.29 hours before
- Departed
- 40I · Waynesville, OH
- Destination
- 40I · Waynesville, OH
- Airport
- 40I · Red Stewart Airfield, runway 26, 3,142 × 150 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- None
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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 24, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 894.9 total · 445.6 in this make and model · 839 as pilot in command · 125.1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Observed at
- KMGY, 7 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 17, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.4 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.