# Accident 20060504007709A: Indusa T211THORPEDO, Saline Valley, CA, May 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2006
- Place: Saline Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8069° N, 117.7817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8069&lon=-117.7817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160SE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160SE-2009-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Indus T211 THORPEDO (registry code 0600000, https://openairdocs.org/model/indus-t211-thorpedo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INDUSA T211THORPEDO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 23 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504007709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH AND LANDING AT SALINE VALLEY, CA AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROX 200 YDS SHORT OF RUNWAY AFTER PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO BECOME TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW TO RECOVER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND PROP SHEARING, RIGHT FLAP BUCKLED, ENGINE COWLING AND FIREWALL DENTED/BUCKLED AND DENTS/BUCKLING IN HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. NO INJURY TO PILOT. PILOT STATED THAT HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS APPROX 60 MPH WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAP SELECTED. PILOT RECOGNIZED DECREASE IN SPEED/ALTITUDE AND APPLIED POWER BUT WAS TOO LATE RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO RECOVER AND IMPACTING SURFACE IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.

## 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 LAX06CA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA163), May 4, 2006: Indus T211 (N160SE), Death Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during final approach, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and collision with terrain.

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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