Accident Cessna U206F N147ED, Sunday 17 August 1986

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Date:	Sunday 17 August 1986
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Cessna U206F
Owner/operator:	Systems Plumbing, Inc.
Registration:	N147ED
MSN:	U20603138
Year of manufacture:	1976
Total airframe hrs:	3780 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520-F
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Matagorda Is., TX - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Houston S.w., TX (AXH
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT WAS MAKING A BEACH LANDING WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK AN OBJECT IN THE SAND, CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER INTO AN INVERTED POSITION.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: