# Accident 20240916013462A: Textron Aviation Inc T206H, Minden, NV, September 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2024, 09:46 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0177° N, 119.7718° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0177&lon=-119.7718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N844CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron T206H (registry code 2073343, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A (registry code 42004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-aj1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC T206H
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AJ1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240916013462A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT NO.1 (AA1) WAS CONDUCTING PATTERNWORK ON RWY 34 AT

KMEV, UTILIZING A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN. ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT NO.2 (AA2) WAS

INBOUND FROM THE WEST FOR A FULL STOP LANDING ON RWY 34. WHILE ROLLING

FROM CROSSWIND ONTO A LEFT DOWNWIND LEG, AA1 HEARD AA2 MAKE A CTAF CALL

THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A 45-DEGREE ENTRY TO THE LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 34.

THE PILOTS IN AA1 IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A VISUAL SCAN FOR AA2 WHILE CROSS

CHECKING THEIR ADS-B DISPLAY. AA1 BEGAN A CTAF TRANSMISSION TO RELAY

THEIR POSITION IN THE PATTERN WHICH WAS INTERRUPTED WHEN AA2 COLLIDED

WITH AA1. THE NOSE OF AA1 TORE AWAY THE ENTIRE TAIL SECTION OF AA2,

CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BURST INTO FLAMES AND SPIRAL STEEPLY TO THE

GROUND. ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES OF AA1 WAS BROKEN OFF CAUSING

IMMEDIATE, SEVERE VIBRATIONS. BELIEVING THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A

CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE, THE PILOTS OF AA1 SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND

WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RWY 12. BOTH PILOTS OF AA1

STATED THAT THEY NEVER SAW AA2 AND THAT THEY DID NOT REALIZE THEY HAD

BEEN INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION UNTIL AFTER THEY HAD LANDED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N78074, Globe GC-1B: [Accident 20240916013452A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240916013452A)

## 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 WPR24FA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA304), Sep 16, 2024: Textron Aviation Cessna T206H (N844CP), Minden, NV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilots of both airplanes to see and avoid the other airplane while operating in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in a midair collision.

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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