- Date
- March 4, 1987, 19:30 local (Mar 5, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hooker, OK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4783FCessna P206B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870304004539A
- Case key
- 22335
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot closed the throttle after crossing the approach end of the runway and while at 10 feet or less above ground level. He bled off airspeed to the point that the aircraft stalled and dropped to the surface, resulting in a hard landing with substantial damage. He stated that by closing the throttle at this point he thought the aircraft would stopquicker on the 2640 x 30 foot sod runway. The occurrence was during the hours of darkness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4783F
- Reported as
- Cessna P206B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P2060383
- Airframe hours
- 3,227
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fischer Brothers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1986
- Departed
- APA · Denver, CO
- Destination
- Hooker, OK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Fischer Bros. (Private), runway 17, 2,640 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 35 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.