- Date
- February 19, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5026UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840219005459A
- Case key
- 33645
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy and into a ditch during landing. After the accident it was found that the nose wheel steering needed rebushing and the nosewheel damper was also in need of repair for safe operation of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5026U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0026
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillip A. Works
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983
- Departed
- 07F · Gladewater, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PBF · Grider, runway 35, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 171 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.