# Incident 20081230853409I: Tcraft F21A, Whitebird, ID, December 30, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2008, 15:45 local time
- Place: Whitebird, ID
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7627° N, 116.3004° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Bird, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7627&lon=-116.3004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2006S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2006S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F-21A (registry code 8850907, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f-21a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT F21A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081230853409I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 30, 2008 AT 1545 HOURS PST N2006S A 1983 TAYLORCRAFT F-21A RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF LANDING IN THE SALMON RIVER NEAR WHITEBIRD, IDAHO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT, BUT WAS FORCED INTO AN OVERNIGHT SURVIVAL SITUATION DUE TO THE REMOTE LOCATION OF THE INCIDENT. DURING AN INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE HESITATED AS HE RAPIDLY APPLIED POWER TO LAND ON THIS SMALL ROCKY ISLAND UNTIL THE GEAR HIT THE WATER AND THEN REGAINED FULL POWER. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT CANNOT VERIFY ANY MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH 26 INCH ALASKA TUNDRA TIRES AND AN OVERSIZED TAIL WHEEL FOR OFF AIRPORT OPERATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT’S DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROP AND THE ENGINE COWLING AS A RESULT OF LANDING IN THE RIVER. AFTER NINE DAYS IN THE RIVER PRIOR TO RETRIEVAL WITH A HELICOPTER, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO FLIGHT PLAN OR WEATHER DATA WAS OBTAINED BY THE COMMERCIAL PILOT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.

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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