# Accident 20030928024299A: Beech A45, Mc Call, ID, September 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2003, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mc Call, ID
- Airport: Mc Call
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8897° N, 116.1014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8897&lon=-116.1014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234KC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A45
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928024299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 AT MCCALL. HE WAS FOLLOWING AN AVIAT HUSKY AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS BY ITS NATURE IS SLOW ON APPROACH AND WHICH DID LAND ON THE END OF RUNWAY 34. THE PILOT OF N234KC SLOWED IN ORDER TO NOT OVERTAKE THE HUSKY. THERE WERE OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN BEHIND N234KC. ON SHORT FINAL THE LEFT WING DROPPED, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO AT THAT TIME GO AROUND. AT THAT MOMENT THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED 270 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF VERTICAL FORCE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND SLID FORWARD 300 FEET, COMING TO REST ON THE NUMBERS FOR RUNWAY 34.

## 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 SEA03LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA196), Sep 28, 2003: Beech T-34 (A-45) (N234KC), McCall, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequacy of the pilot's remedial action taken in an attempt to fly out of an encounter with the wake vortex turbulence created by a preceding aircraft while on short final to land. Factors…

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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