- Date
- March 3, 2020, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hill City, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N206JFCessna P206
- Defining event
- Other: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 101025
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper altitude and airspeed during the approach and his delayed addition of power to go around and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a nose-over after landing on the closed snow-covered runway.
Findings · 6
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he was receiving a flight review and the flight instructor had briefed him to fly the approach to the runway and to terminate the approach by conducting a go-around. However, the pilot allowed the airplane to become "too low and too slow." The landing gear contacted the snow-covered runway as engine power was being added, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The chart supplement for the airport indicated that the airport was closed during winter months. In addition, a NOTAM was in effect advising pilots that the runway was closed from early December through mid-May.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was performing a flight review with an instructor in the right seat. The pilot reported that he had been briefed by the instructor to fly the approach to the runway and to terminate the approach by executing a go-around. However, the pilot and the instructor allowed the airplane to become, "too low and too slow." The landing gear contacted the snow-covered runway as engine power was being added and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The chart supplement for the accident airport indicated that the airport was closed during winter months. In addition, a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) was in effect advising pilots that runway 16-34 was closed from early December through mid-May.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206JF
- Reported as
- Cessna P206 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0137
- Built
- 1965
- Airframe hours
- 2,164.7
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 2019
- Departed
- GPZ · Grand Rapids, MN
- Destination
- 9Y0 · Bowstring, MN
- Airport
- 07Y · Hill City-Quadna Mountain, runway 16, 2,902 × 150 ft, snow
- Equipment
- None
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 18, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,342 total · 1,259 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 21, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 19,315 total · 1,150 in this make and model · 18,450 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.50 inHg
- Observed at
- KGPZ, 16 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 7, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 MB in all.