# Accident 20071202828479A: Cessna 551, Coeur D'Alene, ID, December 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2007, 18:45 local time
- Place: Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Airport: Coeur D'Alene Air Term
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7742° N, 116.8194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7742&lon=-116.8194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 551 (registry code 2076605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 551
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071202828479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N551GF WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 5 AT COE. UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE CLEARANCE N551GF ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE CIRCLING FOR RUNWAY 23 AT COE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT WITH THRUST. NO ATTEMPT TO USE THE BRAKES WAS MADE DUE TO HIS BELIEF THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY UPON A HYDROPLANE, THEREBY MAKING THE BRAKES INEFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE STRIKING A RUNWAY IDENTIFIER LIGHT AND RUNWAY 'DISTANCE TO GO' SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS OFF OF THE RUNWAY, RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE MOVING FORWARD. THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. 300 FEET AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROX. 600 FEET FORM THE POINT OF EXITING THE HARD SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA08LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA041), Dec 3, 2007: Cessna 551 (N551GF), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll out. Contributing to the accident was the slush contaminated runway and the crosswind weather 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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