Cessna 162 N6106

Summary

On 22 May 2013 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 162 registered N6106, operated by Vector Air, LLC, was involved in an accident near Erie, Colorado, 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

22 May 2013 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Erie, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Erie Municipal (KEIK)

Coordinates

40.0103, -105.0481

Aircraft

Cessna 162

Registration

N6106

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Vector Air, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Erie → Erie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA292

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s total lack of experience in aircraft make/model, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s lack of oversight is allowing the airplane to be rented to the pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was going too fast for landing and it bounced and began to porpoise. The airplane veered off the west side of the runway and the left outboard wing and bottom forward fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot said he had never flown or had been checked out in the Cessna 162. He also said he had not flown for some time and was trying to regain currency.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.