# Accident 20080502833482A: Cessna 172, Mc Call, ID, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 19:51 local time
- Place: Mc Call, ID
- Airport: Mc Call Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8886° N, 116.1017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8886&lon=-116.1017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4008F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4008F-2010-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 808 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502833482A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 2, 2008 AT ABOUT 1951 LOCAL TIME CESSNA 172, S/N 36908, N4008F FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD A MID AIR COLLISION WITH CESSNA 172-N, S/N 172-68003 N75856 FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE MID AIR TOOK PLACE OVER RUNWAY 34 COMING TO REST 404 FT FROM THE FIRST TURN OFF OF RUNWAY 34 SOUTH END. PAINT CHIPS FROM N4008F WERE NOTED JUST NORTH OF VASI LIGHTING GOING NORTH TILL WRECKAGE. PAINT CHIPS WERE NOTED FROM N75856 AT THE 270 FT MARK (SEE ATTACHED DRAWING). BOTH ARCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 34 LYING TOGETHER WITH N4008F UPSIDE DOWN. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN BOTH AIRCRAFT BEING BURNED AND WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. (NOTE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TT OR BFR CHECK RIDE DUE TO FATAL, OR COMPLETE AIRCRAFT RECORDS OR TT).

## 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 SEA08FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA116), May 3, 2008: Cessna 172 (N4008F), McCall, ID, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate visual lookout and clearance from another airplane while attempting to land on the same runway. Contributing to the accident was the non-standard pattern…

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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