# NTSB GAA19CA545: Cessna P206, N4746F, Caldwell, ID, September 13, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 13, 2019, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC) - Place: Caldwell, ID - Coordinates: 43.725555, -116.866943 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7256&lon=-116.8669&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 17, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 100259 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19CA545 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100259/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100259 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA545 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper approach, which resulted in a long landing, a runway overrun, and collision with a drainage culvert. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2073309), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073309), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=2073309), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P206B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073309), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna P206B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073309), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane touched down about midfield on the 1,900-ft-long private, dirt airstrip. The airplane overran the end of the runway and impacted a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that during landing, the airplane touched down about mid-field on the 1,900ft private dirt airstrip. The airplane overran the end of the runway and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. After multiple attempts to reach the pilot by email and phone, the NTSB IIC did not receive an NTSB Form 6120.1 from the pilot. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4746F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4746F-2021-01-19), registration cancelled 2021-01-19, S/N P206-0346, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna P206 (B) - Registry model: [Cessna P206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (registry code 2073309) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P206-0346 - Year built: 1966 - Engines: Continental IO 520 SERIES 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Jil Llc - Registered owner: Jil Llc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: CXP, CARSON CITY, NV - Destination: Caldwell, ID - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 625 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 160° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.14 inHg - Observed at: KEUL, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20190913013129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190913013129A), Sep 13, 2019: Cessna P206B, Caldwell, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot stated he was returning to his private airstrip from carson city, NV. He stated his GPS indicated the winds were out of the west at 600-800' AGL,… ## Other investigations on N4746F (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI79DEE56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEE56), May 6, 1979: Cessna P206 (N4746F), Park Forrest, IL, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100259. 241 KB in all. - Memorandum for Record – Telephone Interview, Pilot (item 1, .PDF, 82 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480356&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20%E2%80%93%20Telephone%20Interview,%20Pilot-Master.PDF - Photo (item 2, .PDF, 159 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480357&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.