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Pilot of a C206 lost directional control during landing resulting in running off the side of the runway and causing damage to the right horizontal stabilizer.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 474665 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200005 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1550 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 474665 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway inflight encounter : turbulence other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Aircraft had a normal descent for landing and was lined up on the runway centerline. Just as aircraft was to touch down, its direction changed so runout would take if off the runway. An aborted landing was initiated (go around). In attempting to regain directional control, the plane drifted off the runway and the plane struck a small cactus damaging the leading edge of the right horizontal stabilizer. It's possible an unseen dust devil may have hit the plane at touchdown or just prior to touchdown.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C206 LOST DIRECTIONAL CTL DURING LNDG RESULTING IN RUNNING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE R HORIZ STABILIZER.
Narrative: ACFT HAD A NORMAL DSCNT FOR LNDG AND WAS LINED UP ON THE RWY CTRLINE. JUST AS ACFT WAS TO TOUCH DOWN, ITS DIRECTION CHANGED SO RUNOUT WOULD TAKE IF OFF THE RWY. AN ABORTED LNDG WAS INITIATED (GAR). IN ATTEMPTING TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CTL, THE PLANE DRIFTED OFF THE RWY AND THE PLANE STRUCK A SMALL CACTUS DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE R HORIZ STABILIZER. IT'S POSSIBLE AN UNSEEN DUST DEVIL MAY HAVE HIT THE PLANE AT TOUCHDOWN OR JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.