- Date
- December 5, 1983, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tremonton, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8669ZCessna P206C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831205059619A
- Case key
- 16301
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Before takeoff, the plt obtained a wx briefing & filed a flt plan, but did not ask for NOTAMS. He was unaware that the destination arpt was notamed as closed until after the flt. He said that during arrival, he 'discovered an unplowed but apparently used rwy.' He observed several tracks on the snow covered rwy & assumed it was open. There was no tower or UNICOM at the arpt. An apch for a soft field landing was made with full flaps & the acft touched down on 8 inches of crusted snow. Almost immediately, the nosewheel became buried in the snow, despite the use of full up elevator. When the acft had slowed to about 10 knots, it went over onto its top.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8669Z
- Reported as
- Cessna P206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-0469
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mercury Air Courier Service
- Registered owner
- Fbn Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BMC · Brigham City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- U27 · Tremonton Municipal, runway 35, 3,445 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,715 total · 54 in this make and model · 1,504 as pilot in command · 215 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGD, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8669Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.