# Accident 20030407003979A: Cessna TU206G, Pistol Creek, ID, April 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2003, 09:00 local time
- Place: Pistol Creek, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SQPA
- Location: 44.7406° N, 115.1392° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7406&lon=-115.1392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756WZ-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,350 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030407003979A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA03LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA056), Apr 7, 2003: Cessna TU206 G (N756WZ), Pistol Creek, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate 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…

## Other reports on N756WZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19861120083819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861120083819A), Nov 20, 1986: Cessna TU206G (N756WZ), Warren, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the snow covered runway and flipped over. Dawn lighting conditions.

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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