# Accident 20060728025429A: Cessna TU206G, Lowman, ID, July 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lowman, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FZQA
- Location: 44.2944° N, 115.6461° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2944&lon=-115.6461&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5421X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5421X-2007-10-26) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06TA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06TA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060728025429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA TU206G, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A HARD LANDING AT DEADWOOD RESERVOIR AIRSTRIP, NEAR LOWMAN, IDAHO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER CONTRACT TO THE USDA FOREST SERVICE BY PIONEER AVIATION, INC., BOISE, IDAHO, AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT HAD ORIGINATED FROM BOISE, IDAHO, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900. U.S. FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR AN AERIAL SURVEY FOR FOREST PEST DETECTION.

## 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 SEA06TA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06TA152), Jul 28, 2006: Cessna TU206G (N5421X), Lowman, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control due to a downdraft on short final followed by an uncontrolled descent to a hard landing.

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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