# NTSB LAX97LA313: Cessna TU206F, N8487Q, Yucca Valley, CA, September 5, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 5, 1997, 08:27 local (15:27 UTC) - Place: Yucca Valley, CA - Coordinates: 34.14912, -116.410942 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1491&lon=-116.4109&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious, 1 minor - Status: Completed, report November 10, 1998 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29894 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX97LA313 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29894/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA313 ## Probable cause the driver's failure to see the posted sign and yield to the landing aircraft. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - instructions,written/verbal - not complied with, driver of vehicle (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause) - object - vehicle - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The airport has an access road that crosses the active runway. The aircraft had landed and was on rollout when the pilot saw a truck approaching. He turned in an attempt to avoid the truck but was unable to prevent the collision. After impact, the truck rolled onto its side and the aircraft nosed over onto its back. At the intersection of the road and runway, a sign is posted that warns of landing aircraft. The driver did not see the sign or the landing aircraft. ## Factual narrative On September 5, 1997, at 0827 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna TU206F, N8487Q, collided with a pickup truck while landing at Valley Vista Airport near Yucca Valley, California. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the flight instructor rated pilot received minor injuries. Another flight instructor and another pilot rated passenger were not injured. A passenger in the truck received serious injuries, while the driver's injuries were minor. The aircraft was being operated as an instructional flight by Mission Aviation Fellowship when the accident occurred. The flight originated in Redlands, California, at 0725. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. Valley Vista Airport has an access road that crosses runway 09-27. The aircraft landed on runway 09 and was on rollout when the pilot saw a truck approaching the runway from his left. He turned right in an attempt to avoid the truck but was unable to prevent the collision. After impact, the truck rolled onto its left side and the aircraft nosed over onto its back. At the intersection of the road and runway, a sign is posted that reads: "Caution Airport Runway Look Look Landing + Departing Aircraft." According to FAA inspectors, the driver did not see the sign or the landing aircraft. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8487Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8487Q-1998-01-26), registration cancelled 1998-01-26, S/N U20603345 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna TU206F - Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: U20603345 - Airframe hours: 3941 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520M 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Denny Hokstra - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, July 17, 1997, 44 hours before - Departed: L12, REDLANDS, CA - Destination: 6CA5 - Airport: 6CA5, Valley Vista, runway 9, 2,800 × 40 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 544 total, 37 in this make and model, 286 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 75 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: TNP, 36 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 19970905025669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970905025669A), Sep 5, 1997: Cessna TU206F, Yucca Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Struck a truck that tried to cross runway on service road while 206 was on landing roll. (.4) the airport has an access road that crosses the active runway.… 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.