- Date
- March 8, 1984, 10:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N206GACessna TU-206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840308068339A
- Case key
- 24194
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt came in for her 3rd landing and after flaring high'cut'the throttle and said she hoped for a'soft'landing with trim back and 40 degrees of flaps. A plt on the ground near the rwy said his attention was drawn to the acft because of a large increase in engine noise. He said the acft nose was high,airspeed slow and the acft appeared to enter a'torque roll'. He added it possibly rolled due to'p'factor. The left wing hit the ground first and the acft came to rest about 200 ft off the rwy. The plt said she may have raised the flaps to go around before adding power. She also said she may not have used enough rudder to correct for the added power. Her instructor said she tended to use trim instead of rudderbut he thought she was'cured'of her habit of raising flaps before power but a'reflex situation'may have made her have the predominant improper reflex action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206GA
- Reported as
- Cessna TU-206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605288
- Airframe hours
- 542
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doug Van Howd-Wildlife Art Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 1983 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- AUN · Auburn, CA
- Airport
- AUN · Auburn Muni, runway 7, 3,100 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 251 total · 95 in this make and model · 171 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.