# Accident 20061230026079A: Tessie AVIDFLYER, Hillsboro, OR, December 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2006, 10:45 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Starks Twin Oaks Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4292° N, 122.9608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4292&lon=-122.9608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93TT-2011-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tessier Thomas G AVID FLYER (registry code 05622EC, https://openairdocs.org/model/tessier-thomas-g-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TESSIE AVIDFLYER
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 333 total, 137 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061230026079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N93TT DEPARTED HILLSBORO AIRPORT (KHIO) FLIGHT TO NEWBERG (K17S). 7 MINUTES LATER PILOT RADIOED HILLSBORO TOWER AND REPORTED ENGINE CUTTING OUT AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO KHIO. NEXT N93TT PILOT RADIO TRANSMISSION INDICATED THAT ENGINE HAD QUIT AND HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO LAND AT TWIN OAKS AIR PARK (K7S3). LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION, MIC WAS OPEN FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN COULD HEAR PILOT SAY "OH***" THEN SILENCE. A HELICOPTER IN THE AREA ATTEMPTED TO FIND THE AIRCRAFT BUT REPORTED TO HILLSBORO TOWER THAT THE AREA WAS "SOCKED IN" AND COULD NOT FIND DOWNED AIRCRAFT. A WASHINGTON COUNTY POLICE OFFICER REPORTED HEAVY FOG THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE DOWNED AIRCRAFT. SHORT TIME LATER A HELICOPTER LOCATED 93TT UPSIDE DOWN IN A FIELD 1 MILE WEST OF TWIN OAKS AIR PARK. (WEATHER REPORT ON FAA FORM 8020-9 KHIO METAR 301845Z 0000KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3041). STATEMENT FROM DAIRY FARMER WAS THAT FOG WAS THICK AND ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. FOG LIFTED SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE AREA COULD BE SEEN FROM HIS HOUSE.

## 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 SEA07LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA040), Dec 30, 2006: Tessier Avid Flyer (N93TT), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during maneuvering flight due to carburetor icing, and inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the ambient weather conditions conducive to…

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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