Cessna TU206G N4776U

Summary

On 26 October 2014 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna TU206G registered N4776U was involved in an accident near Monument, Oregon, 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

26 October 2014 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monument, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

44.8138, -119.4353

Aircraft

Cessna TU206G

Registration

N4776U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monument → Monument

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR15LA022

Nobody was injured.

The loss of braking action during the landing roll on a gravel runway for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that, after a 15-minute flight, he landed the airplane on a familiar, gravel runway at a slow groundspeed. Immediately thereafter, the airplane began to veer right, and the pilot used the brakes and aileron inputs in an effort to return to the runway center. Despite the pilot's attempts to regain directional control, the airplane continued off the right side of the runway, struck a ditch, and then came to rest inverted. The pilot reported that the loss of directional control was precipitated by a landing gear malfunction and that a brake likely seized after touchdown. Although the brakes could not be operated with the pedals during postaccident examination of the braking system, it could not be determined whether this was a result of the accident and/or the subsequent recovery.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.