# Accident 19980521010349A: Cessna P206C, Dubois, ID, May 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1998, 12:20 local time
- Place: Dubois, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2197° N, 112.3705° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2197&lon=-112.3705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8669Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8669Z-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206C (registry code 2073312, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,185 total, 1,012 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980521010349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL FLYING INTO FOG BANK. VFR NOT ADVISED. NOT IFR RATED. (.4)PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE PILOT HAD CALLED THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION FOR A STANDARD WEATHER BRIEFING.  DURING THE BRIEFING, THE SPECIALIST REPORTED THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO LOW CEILINGS, MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION AND ICING CONDITIONS ALONG THE PROPOSED ROUTE OF FLIGHT.  AFTER THE WEATHER BRIEFING, THE PILOT WAS OVERHEARD TALKING WITH HIS PASSENGERS, AND A DECISION WAS MADE TO 'GO AND SEE HOW IT WAS.'  WITNESSES TRAVELING ALONG A HIGHWAY THAT PARALLELED THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING THROUGH THE CLOUDS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND STEEP LEFT BANK.  THE WEATHER AT THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS REPORTED AS A LOW CEILING AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL.  THE TOPS OF THE SURROUNDING HILLS WERE OBSCURED, AND RAIN WAS FALLING.  FURTHER SOUTH, THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING, THE CEILING WAS LOWER AND DESCRIBED AS 'HEAVY FOG.'  DURING THE ON-SITE INVESTIGATION, THE WRECKAGE DISTRIBUTION PATH WAS MEASURED FOR 527 FEET.  GROUND SIGNATURES INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON T                                                                                   HE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FIRST, SKIPPED ABOUT 10 FEET, THEN ALL THREE LANDING GEARS TOUCHED DOWN. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LANDING GEAR SIGNATURES, A LARGE CRATER WAS NOTED. AFTER IMPACT CRATER, WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PATH LEADING UP TO THE MAIN WRECKAGE.  POST CRASH INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO EVIDENCT OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.  TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLES DETECTED POSITIVE FOR SEDATING OVER-THE-COUNTER ANTIHISTAMINES, AND METABOLITES COMMONLY RESULTING FROM THE INGESTION OF MULTI-SYMPTOM OVER-THE-COUNTER COUGH AND COLD MEDICATION IN THE PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98FA081), May 21, 1998: Cessna P206C (N8669Z), Dubois, ID, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Attempted VFR flight into IMC and a loss of aircraft control. An inadequate weather evaluation and drug impairment were factors.

## Other reports on N8669Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19831205059619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831205059619A), Dec 5, 1983: Cessna P206C (N8669Z), Tremonton, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft flipped inverted during landing in deep snow on closed runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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