- Date
- November 1, 1994, 19:46 local (Nov 2, 1994, 01:46 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9924RCessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941101044209A
- Case key
- 9811
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor associated with the accident was the dark night lighting conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported he was taxiing after landing to the ramp area to park the airplane. He wrote in his report to the NTSB that it was a dark night, and when he turned towards the ramp area, he was unaware he had taxied off the taxiway onto a dirt field, short of the ramp. The right main landing gear subsequently dropped into a ditch, damaging the airplane.
Factual narrative
On November 1, 1994, about 1946 central standard time, a Cessna 206G airplane, N9924R, sustained substantial damage while taxiing from landing at the uncontrolled Butler Memorial Airport, Butler, Missouri. The commercial and airline transport pilots, and the two passengers aboard, were not injured. The flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 in visual meteorological conditions. The purpose of the non-revenue flight was to transport a juvenile hospital patient and his mother to a local hospital. The flight was operated by the Ararat Shriners Wings of Mercy flight program, and was flown by two of their volunteer pilots.
The commercial certificated pilot-in-command reported he was taxiing the airplane towards the ramp area to park the airplane, when he turned the airplane onto what he thought was a portion of the ramp. The airplane was actually taxiing on a dirt field, short of the ramp area, and subsequently encountered a drainage ditch. The right main landing gear fell into the ditch, damaging the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9924R
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606983
- Airframe hours
- 2,508
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F17B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ararat Shrine Wings Of Mercy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1994 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- FSM · Ft. Smith, AR
- Destination
- BUM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BUM · Butler Memorial, runway 17, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,224 total · 617 in this make and model · 3,004 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.