Cessna U206C N100HA

Summary

On 2 April 2011 at about 23:05 local time, a Cessna U206C registered N100HA, operated by Hagerstown Aircraft Services Inc, was involved in an accident near Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 April 2011 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airpo (BDR)

Coordinates

41.1797, -73.1908

Aircraft

Cessna U206C

Registration

N100HA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hagerstown Aircraft Services Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gaithersburg → Bridgeport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ERA11CA226

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delayed decision to perform a go-around which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was landing to the west during the late afternoon. As he flared the airplane, he lost his visual reference with the ground due to the sun's glare, momentarily blinding him. He initiated a go-around; however, the airplane landed hard and bounced airborne three times, resulting in substantial damage to the firewall and nose section. He reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. According to data from the United States Naval Observatory, official sunset was at 1919. According to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, about the time of the accident, the sun would have been about 275 degrees magnetic and about 2 degrees above the horizon.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.