# NTSB LAX95LA066: Cessna 207, N91090, Fort Huachuca, AZ, December 30, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 30, 1994, 08:47 local (15:47 UTC) - Place: Fort Huachuca, AZ - Coordinates: 31.570838, -110.37915 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5708&lon=-110.3791&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 16, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29006 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX95LA066 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29006/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA066 ## Probable cause THE FAILURE OF THE RADAR AND TOWER CONTROLLERS TO ENSURE THAT THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE RUNWAY STATUS. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE DOWNWIND NO-FLAP LANDING AND THE SUNGLARE. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - aborted - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - construction area (contributing factor) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - closed (contributing factor) - communications/information/atc - inadequate, atc personnel(dep/apch) (cause) - communications/information/atc - inadequate, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc) (cause) - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor) - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command - Gear collapsed, landing - aborted - landing gear,main gear - overload ## Analysis EN ROUTE, THE PILOT REPLIED THAT SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED THE ATIS INFO, & WAS GIVEN ONLY THE DESTINATION WINDS OF 210 DEG AT 11 KTS AND THE ALTIMETER SETTING. AFTER BEING VECTORED & CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26, SHE WAS CLEARED TO LAND '. . . RUNWAY ONE ONE WIND TWO FOUR ZERO AT NINER . . . .' THE PILOT ACCEPTED THE CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 11. THE SOUTHEAST 2300' OF THE 5365' RUNWAY WAS CLOSED. AFTER LANDING WITH NO FLAPS, THE PILOT REALIZED SHE COULD NOT STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE COLLIDING WITH BARRICADES & INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE BARRICADES & THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE BERM, COLLAPSING THE GEAR. THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 17 KTS. THE PILOT STATED SHE HAD CHECKED THE NOTAMS THE NIGHT BEFORE & WASN'T AWARE THE RUNWAY WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS INFO WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NOAA AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY; ONCE PUBLISHED, A NOTAM IS REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM. IT WAS ALSO CONTAINED IN THE ATIS. THE NOAA AFD WAS NOT REQUIRED IN THE FAA-APPROVED OPERATOR SPECIFICATIONS. THE PILOT WAS USING JEPPESEN PUBLICATIONS WHICH DID NOT CONTAIN THE RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION, & THE OPERATOR DID NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE JEPPESEN NOTAM SERVICE, NOR WERE THEY REQUIRED TO. ## Factual narrative On December 30, 1994, at 0847 hours mountain standard time, the pilot of a Cessna 207, N91090, veered off runway 11 and collided with barricades and a runway construction berm at Sierra Vista Municipal Airport at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, during a Part 135 cargo flight. The aircraft was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The pilot filed a company flight plan and departed Chandler, Arizona, at 0730. While en route to Fort Huachuca, the pilot requested and received an instrument flight rules clearance due to weather conditions at altitude. The investigation revealed the pilot was asked by the Libby Army Airfield Radar controller, while approaching Fort Huachuca, if she had received information Alpha, which she had not. The controller gave the winds at 210 degrees at 11 knots with the altimeter setting of 29.97 inches of mercury. The pilot confirmed later she had received this information, but the controllers neglected to mention the runway construction on runway 26 or the usable length of runway 11 being only 3,000 feet. She stated she had checked the NOTAMs the night before, but there was no mention of the barricades on runway 11 or the shortened runway length. The pilot was subsequently cleared to land on runway 11. The pilot stated she was high on the approach and kept some power on the engine due to ice on the airframe accumulated while en route. She did not use flaps and landed near the taxiway, just past the threshold. She did not notice the barricades on the runway until after she was on the ground. She applied the brakes, but realized the aircraft was not going to stop before the construction area and added power to go around. The aircraft collided with the barricades and the right main landing gear hit some concrete construction. The aircraft skidded to the right and into the dirt. She exited the aircraft and estimated the windsock was indicating a 30-knot tailwind. She also mentioned the brightness of the sun in front of her during the approach. The weather observation at the airport at 0847 was (in part): 1,200 scattered clouds; visibility 45 miles; winds from 210 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 17 knots. Information obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), reveals that U.S. Army personnel at Fort Huachuca posted a NOTAM regarding the runway construction on September 20, 1994, through military channels and by direct communication with the Prescott Flight Service Station (FSS). The NOTAM indicated that the southeast 2,300 feet of runway 11 was closed. Once this information is published in the NOAA Airport/Facility Directory, the NOTAM is removed from the system. Further research indicates that this information is not reflected in the Jeppesen Approach Charts, the J-AID Airport Directory, or the NOAA (U.S. Gov't.) Approach Charts. However, Jeppesen does have NOTAM information available through a subscriber service. The aircraft operator did not subscribe to this service. The operator has indicated that the Jeppesen Charts were utilized at the time, but the NOAA Airport/Facility Directory was used by only a few of the pilots. The FAA has reviewed the operations specifications for the operator and found that they were not required to have the NOAA information for airports. Since the accident, the FAA now requires the operator to use this airport directory in addition to other publications for information. A spokesman for the operator indicated that the pilot had flown into the airport on at least three occasions (October 23 & 24, 1994, and December 20, 1994) after the NOTAM was issued and should have been aware of the runway construction. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N91090](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91090-2004-09-07), registration cancelled 2004-09-07, S/N 20700069, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 207 - Registry model: [Cessna 207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (registry code 2073602) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20700069 - Airframe hours: 8877 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Courier Services, Inc., doing business as Air Csi - Registered owner: Courier Services, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1994, 29 hours before - Departed: P19, CHANDLER, AZ - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: FHU, Fort Huachuca, runway 11, 5,365 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,882 total, 672 in this make and model, 2,703 as pilot in command, 186 in the last 90 days, 68 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 8 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 45 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: FHU ## 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 19941230043449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941230043449A), Dec 30, 1994: Cessna 207, Fort Huachuca-S, AZ, Substantial damage. High fast and quartering tailwind. Saw barricades too late. Hit same on go around. NOTAM on runway. ATC no warning. ## Other investigations on N91090 (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 ANC03LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA007), Oct 29, 2002: Cessna 207 (N91090), Marshall, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a ridgeline. Factors contributing to the accident were the high terrain, the pilot's inadequate… 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. 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