# NTSB CHI95LA056: Cessna 206G, N9924R, Butler, MO, November 2, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1994, 19:46 local (Nov 2, 1994, 01:46 UTC)
- Place: Butler, MO
- Coordinates: 38.249652, -94.329521 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2497&lon=-94.3295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9811
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9811/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA056

## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor associated with the accident was the dark night lighting conditions.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9924R), registered now, S/N U20606983, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206G
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20606983
- Airframe hours: 2508
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19941101044209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941101044209A), Nov 1, 1994: Cessna U206G, Bulter, MO, Substantial damage. Taxied into ditch. Powered out striking empannage. Noted substantial damage and took off anyway. Volunteer flight.

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.

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