Cessna T206H N7824G

Summary

On 13 February 2013 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna T206H registered N7824G was involved in an accident near Sabinal, Texas, 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

13 February 2013 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sabinal, Texas, United States

Coordinates

29.2086, -99.5258

Aircraft

Cessna T206H

Registration

N7824G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Sabinal

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CEN13CA206

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to properly identify the airstrip, which resulted in him landing the airplane off of the airstrip in soft soil causing the nose over.

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

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The pilot was approaching to land on a private unimproved runway. The field immediately adjacent to the landing area had been recently plowed. The pilot was landing into the direction of the rising sun, which was just coming over the horizon as he was making his approach. The pilot mistakenly identified a plowed portion of the field for the intended landing area and proceeded to land on it. As he touched down, he noticed the landing area was softer than it should have been, so he kept the nose wheel off the ground as long as he could. The nose wheel finally set down in the soft dirt and dug in, resulting in the airplane flipping over on its back. Both of the airplane's wings, vertical stabilizer, and rudder received substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.