- Date
- September 3, 2018, 20:00 local (Sep 4, 2018, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- London, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N230DECessna 206
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20180903012959A
- Case key
- 98243
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a tailwind.
Findings · 4
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, during a touch-and-go landing, just after the airplane touched down, he reduced the flaps to 10° and applied full throttle for takeoff. While increasing airspeed, the airplane drifted left. He added right rudder, but the airplane continued to drift left, so he reduced engine power. The airplane then exited the left side of the runway, and the pilot briefly applied full throttle to cross a drainage ditch, and the airplane became airborne. Subsequently, when the airplane touched back down, the front landing gear separated from the airframe, and the airplane came to rest nose down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. 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 system at the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 100° at 3 knots. The pilot was performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 24.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during a touch and go landing, just after the airplane touched down, he reduced the flaps to 10° and applied full throttle for takeoff. While increasing airspeed, the airplane drifted to the left. He added right rudder, but the airplane continued to drift left so he reduced engine power. The airplane then exited the left side of the runway and he briefly applied full throttle to cross a drainage ditch and the airplane became airborne. Subsequently, when the airplane touched back down, the front landing gear separated from the airframe, and the airplane came to rest nosed down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. 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 system at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 100° at 3 knots. The pilot was performing a touch and go on runway 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N230DE
- Reported as
- Cessna 206 (H)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20608252
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 7,651
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-ACIAS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 2018
- Departed
- LOZ · London, KY
- Destination
- LOZ · London, KY
- Airport
- LOZ · London-Corbin Arpt-Magee Field, runway 24, 5,751 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 25, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 204 total · 132 in this make and model · 138 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1.6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 100° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KLOZ
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 23, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.8 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.