# NTSB LAX04LA201: Cessna U206A, N4941F, Lake Havasu, AZ, April 19, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 19, 2004, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Lake Havasu, AZ - Coordinates: 34.574165, -114.363891 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5742&lon=-114.3639&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 59176 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX04LA201 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59176/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA201 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudged flare during landing, which resulted in a hard landing and structural damage to the firewall. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - weather condition - crosswind - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The private pilot was practicing crosswind landing when the airplane landed hard and bounced. Subsequent inspection disclosed structural damage to the firewall, and damage to the nose gear assembly. ## Factual narrative On April 19, 2004, at 1630 mountain standard time, a Cessna U206A, N4941F, landed hard on runway 17 at Lake Havasu City Airport (HII), Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and nose landing gear attachment areas. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local area flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The personal flight departed Lake Havasu City at an undetermined time and was scheduled to terminate at Eagle Airpark (A09), Bullhead City, Arizona. In the pilot's written statement to the Safety Board he had spent 1.7 hours with a certified flight instructor (CFI), reviewing aircraft operations the day of the accident. He dropped the CFI of at Eagle Airpark and decided to go to Lake Havasu City to practice crosswind landings. On the accident landing he made a lower approach and at the numbers "touched down solidly (hard)." The pilot stated that the front wheel came up, and before he could react came back down on the runway before the main landing gear had touched down. He believed that the airplane was going to start porpoising down the runway, so he added power to abort the landing. He went around the pattern again, and landed to see if there was any damage to the airplane. He got out of the airplane to inspect it, noted no discrepancies, and decided to continue the flight back to Eagle Airpark. When he landed at A09, he had maintenance personnel inspect the airplane. At that point maintenance personnel noted that the firewall was wrinkled, and there was damage to the nose landing gear assembly. According to the pilot, he had 4.7 hours in the accident make and model airplane, with a total flight time of 46.4 hours. The accident was reported to the National Transportation Safety Board on May 27, 2004, after the owner's insurance company notified the FAA by requesting a ferry permit to have repairs done in Colorado. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4941F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4941F), registered now, S/N U206-0641 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna U206A - Registry model: [Cessna U206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206a) (registry code 2073316) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U206-0641 - Airframe hours: 2916 - Engines: Continental IO-520-A 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Chris Rolando - Registered owner: Rick Murphy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 25, 2003, 57 hours before - Departed: HII, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ - Destination: A09, Bullhead City, AZ - Airport: HII, Lake Havasu City, runway 14, 8,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review February 3, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 46 total, 5 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 10 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: EED, 23 nm away ## 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 20040419011829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419011829A), Apr 19, 2004: Cessna U206A, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) The Cessna 206 registration number N4941F landed at lake Havasu airport (hii) lake Havasu, Arizona. The pilot stated it was a firm 3 point landing. The… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.