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FAA accident report · Cessna TU206G · Pistol Creek, ID · April 7, 2003

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Date
April 7, 2003 · 09:00 local
Place
Pistol Creek, ID
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SQPA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N756WZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA03LA056
Reported as
Cessna TU206G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,350 total1,500 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
N756WZRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Cessna TU206GS/N U20604427 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna TU206GEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pistol Creek ranch strip is a no go around strip located on the middle fork of the salmon river. The owners were performing maintenance (smoothing the dirt) to the north end of the runway. The pilot had made several landings at this strip within the past weeks while this maintenance was being performed. While on initial approach the strip was clear and the pilot continued. On short final with full flaps and committed to land a tractor pulling a trailer appeared out of the trees traveling on a dirt road paralleling the landing strip. The pilot was landing to south, the tractor was moving to the north. The pilot stated he was committed to land and he felt the tractor operator must have been looking at him. At that point the tractor turned left onto the strip to cross it. The pilot added full power, pitched up to clear the tractor, which he did by just a few feet. He then pulled the power off and landed. This made him land long. The aircraft went off the end of the strip up into stumps and rock boulders where the aircraft flipped and came to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PISTOL CREEK RANCH STRIP IS A NO GO AROUND STRIP LOCATED ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE SALMON RIVER. THE OWNERS WERE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE (SMOOTHING THE DIRT) TO THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT HAD MADE SEVERAL LANDINGS AT THIS STRIP WITHIN THE PAST WEEKS WHILE THIS MAINTENANCE WAS BEING PERFORMED. WHILE ON INITIAL APPROACH THE STRIP WAS CLEAR AND THE PILOT CONTINUED. ON SHORT FINAL WITH FULL FLAPS AND COMMITTED TO LAND A TRACTOR PULLING A TRAILER APPEARED OUT OF THE TREES TRAVELING ON A DIRT ROAD PARALLELING THE LANDING STRIP. THE PILOT WAS LANDING TO SOUTH, THE TRACTOR WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS COMMITTED TO LAND AND HE FELT THE TRACTOR OPERATOR MUST HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HIM. AT THAT POINT THE TRACTOR TURNED LEFT ONTO THE STRIP TO CROSS IT. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER, PITCHED UP TO CLEAR THE TRACTOR, WHICH HE DID BY JUST A FEW FEET. HE THEN PULLED THE POWER OFF AND LANDED. THIS MADE HIM LAND LONG. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE STRIP UP INTO STUMPS AND ROCK BOULDERS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA03LA056Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPistol Creek, IDInadequate visual lookout by the driver of the vehicle that turned on to the runway. Factors include rising terrain decreasing the possibility of a successful go-around and rough uneven terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.Apr 7, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N756WZ · 1

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

Accident 19861120083819ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Warren, IDThe aircraft veered off the side of the snow covered runway and flipped over. Dawn lighting conditions.Nov 20, 1986 · Substantial damage