# Accident 20170713009079A: Beech D55, Hailey, ID, July 13, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2017, 20:08 local time
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Airport: Friedman Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5039° N, 114.2956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5039&lon=-114.2956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1796A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1796A-2018-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 4 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170713009079A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM EUL, CALDWELL, ID TO SUN, HAILEY ID. THE PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT APPROACHED SUN FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND ONCE THE PIC HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT, HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH FOR THE APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY LOST ALTITUDE AND WAS ABLE TO LOSE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE APPROACH BUT THE PIC ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT GET TOO SLOW AND NEEDED TO ADD POWER.  THE PIC SAID THAT THE THROTTLES WERE NOT MATCHED UP AND HE HAD TO LOOK AT THE GAUGES TO SET THE POWER. WHEN HE LOOKED UP FROM SETTING THE POWER THE AIRCRAFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. HE STATED THAT AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT STILL REQUIRED ADDITIONAL POWER SO HE ADDED POWER WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE GAUGES AND TOO MUCH POWER WAS ADDED TO THE LEFT HAND ENGINE AND THE INCREASED THE DRIFT TO THE RIGHT. HE ROLLED WINGS LEVEL AND HE SAID THE NOSE WAS PITCHED A LITTLE HIGH. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND BOUNCED AND THE RIGHT HAND WING CAUGHT THE GROUND AND SPUN THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## 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 WPR17LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA154), Jul 14, 2017: Beech D55 (N1796A), Hailey, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N1796A (1)

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

- [Accident 19761028032309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761028032309A), Oct 28, 1976: Beech D55 (N1796A), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Gr warning lt bulb failed.

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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