- Date
- December 14, 1985, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hardin, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5173UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851214062189A
- Case key
- 16899
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After ldg to the east on a snow covered dirt rwy, the pilot elected to t/o on an intersecting rwy to the south. He could not see the entire rwy surface from the position due to dwn slope from center of rwy. The acft impacted snowdrifts 40-50 mph on t/o gnd roll in the unobserved portion of rwy, departed rt side of rwy down 30 degrees sloping terrain, and crashed in deep snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5173U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0173
- Airframe hours
- 1,931
- Engine
- Continental IO 520A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reid A. Willey
- Registered owner
- Shunn Construction, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1985 · 39 hours before
- Destination
- 6S6 · Hardin, MT
- Airport
- Jip Creek, runway 18, 1,400 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 970 total · 30 in this make and model · 970 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °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.