- Date
- April 7, 2003, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pistol Creek, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756WZCessna TU206 G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030407003979A
- Case key
- 56760
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the driver of the vehicle that turned on to the runway. Factors include rising terrain decreasing the possibility of a successful go-around and rough uneven terrain beyond the departure end of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the operator, the airplane was on short final when a vehicle pulled onto the runway in front of where the pilot intended to land. The pilot added power and climbed to an altitude that allowed him to clear the obstacle. After clearing the vehicle, the pilot reconfigured the airplane and initiated a second approach and landing in an area beyond the intended runway. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down in a rocky area and adjoining ditch at the end of the runway and nosed over. The operator of the aircraft reported that a full go-around was not possible due to the terrain surrounding the airstrip. At the time of the accident, the first half of the 2,500-foot private runway was closed due to construction. The operator reported that the remaining section of runway was open for commercial operators.
Factual narrative
On April 7, 2003, about 0845 mountain daylight time, a Cessna TU206 G, N756WZ, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over at Pistol Creek, a remote airstrip approximately 40 miles east of McCall, Idaho. The airplane is owned by SP Aviation of Boise, Idaho, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cargo flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 135. The airline transport pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a company flight plan was in effect for the cross-country flight that originated from Boise, Idaho.
According to the operator, the airplane was on short final when a vehicle pulled onto the runway in front of where the pilot intended to land. The pilot added power and climbed to an altitude that allowed him to clear the obstacle. After clearing the vehicle, the pilot reconfigured the airplane and initiated a second approach and landing in an area beyond the intended runway. The pilot reported that the airplane touched down in a rocky area and adjoining ditch at the end of the runway and nosed over.
The operator of the aircraft reported that a full go-around was not possible due to the mountainous terrain surrounding the airstrip.
At the time of the accident, the first half of the 2,500-feet private runway was closed due to construction. The operator reported that the remaining section of runway was open for commercial operators.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756WZ
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206 G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604427
- Airframe hours
- 6,461
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- SP Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Patrick, Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 2003 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- Pistol Creek, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- runway 25, 2,500 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 59
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Foreign, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 11, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,350 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 13,660 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N756WZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.