# NTSB SEA03CA119: Cessna P206, N2825X, Gooding, ID, June 27, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 27, 2003, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Gooding, ID
- Coordinates: 42.916942, -114.764999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9169&lon=-114.7650&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA03CA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03CA119

## Probable cause

Improper flare while landing.  Factors include inadequate preflight preparation and a tow bar that had not been removed prior to the flight.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,tow bar - not removed (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he inadvertently took off with a tow bar still attached to the airplane's nose gear.  The pilot subsequently returned to the airport for landing.  The pilot reported that during the landing the airplane touched down and bounced back into the air.  When it touched down a second time the nose gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage.

## Factual narrative

On June 27, 2003, about 1230 mountain daylight time, a Cessna P206, N2825X, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a bounced landing on runway 25 at the Gooding Municipal Airport, Gooding, Idaho.  The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91.  The private pilot and three passengers aboard the airplane were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight.  The flight originated from Gooding, 15 minutes prior to the accident.  The pilot's planned destination was Mount Vernon, Washington.

During a telephone interview and subsequent written statement, the pilot reported that he inadvertently took off with a tow bar still attached to the airplane's nose gear.  The pilot subsequently returned to the airport for landing.  The pilot reported that during the landing the airplane touched down and bounced back into the air.  When it touched down a second time the nose gear collapsed resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2825X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2825X), registered now, S/N P206-0025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna P206
- Registry model: [Cessna P206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (registry code 2073304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P206-0025
- Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Oren H. Devries
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: GNG, GOODING, ID
- Destination: GNG, Gooding, ID
- Airport: GNG, Gooding Muni, runway 25

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 197 total, 137 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20030627012219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030627012219A), Jun 27, 2003: Cessna P206, Gooding, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On departure, the pilot was notified by radio call from an airport worker that a tow bar was hanging from the nose wheel of the aircraft. When pilot…

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.

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