# Accident 20080502833529A: Cessna 172N, 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
- 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: N75856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75856-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 478 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 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/20080502833529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE EVENING OF MAY 2, 2008 AT ABOUT 1951 LOCAL TIME, CESSNA 172-N S/N 172-68003, N7585, FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD A MID AIR COLLISION WITH CESSNA 172 S/N 36908 N4008F, FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE MID AIR TOOK PLACE OVER RUNWAY 34 COMING TO REST 49 FT FROM THE FIRST TURN OFF OF RUNWAY 34. 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 DRAWINGS). BOTH AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 34 LYING TOGETHER WITH N4008F UPSIDE DOWN. THIS ACCIDENT RESULTED IN BOTH AIRCRAFT BEING BURNED AND WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED.

## 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 172N (N75856), 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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