# Accident 20100817040939A: Cessna TP206B, St. Maries, IA, August 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2010, 19:40 local time
- Place: St. Maries, IA
- Airport: St. Maries, Idaho
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3268° N, 116.5831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3268&lon=-116.5831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8611Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8611Z-2013-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TP206B (registry code 2073311, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA409) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100817040939A

## Narrative

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

N8611Z, A 1967 CESSNA 206 RECEIVED SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE AS THE RESULT OF HITTING A SMALL DEER LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT THE ST. MARIES, IDAHO AIRPORT. THE DEER STRUCK THE NOSE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH THEN COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT  SLID OFF THE RUNWAY.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO PROVIDE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO THE NEW OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE.  THIS WAS THE OWNER'S THIRD FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT.  NO VIOLATIONS, OR LACK PILOT COMPETENCY ARE INVOLVED WITH THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR10CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA409), Aug 18, 2010: Cessna TP206B (N8611Z), Saint Maries, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control during takeoff due to an inadvertent collision with a deer that ran onto the runway.

## Other reports on N8611Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800603017539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800603017539A), Jun 3, 1980: Cessna 206CESSNA (N8611Z), Atchison, KS, Substantial damage. Low on fuel. Landed downwind. Ran off end of runway. Factors; misjudgement, too fast. Failed to use full flaps.

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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