# NTSB SEA06CA027: Cessna TP206A, N2697X, Snohomish, WA, December 11, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 11, 2005, 15:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place: Snohomish, WA
- Coordinates: 47.908054, -122.105278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9081&lon=-122.1053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA027

## Probable cause

The pilot's higher than normal airspeed on landing which resulted in a runway overrun.  Contributing factors were the fog and the wet runway surface.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

According to the pilot, she dropped her load of skydivers and was coming in for a landing.  She "could see fog rolling in fast" and knew she "had to get...on the ground."  She "landed at a higher speed which is normally fine but because of the runway conditions, which were slick, [she] had minimal braking and ran out of runway."  The airplane overran the runway, struck a fence and came to rest in a ditch.

## Factual narrative

On December 11, 2005, at 1547 Pacific standard time, a Cessna TP206A, N2697X, sustained substantial damage when it impacted a fence and encountered a ditch during a runway overrun on landing at Harvey Field Airport, Snohomish, Washington.  The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, received minor injuries.  The airplane was registered to and operated by Skydive Snohomish.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local skydiving flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.  The flight departed Harvey Field about 1530.

According to the pilot, she dropped her load of skydivers and was coming in for a landing on runway 14.  She "could see fog rolling in fast" and knew she "had to get...on the ground."  She "landed at a higher speed which is normally fine but because of the runway conditions, which were slick, [she] had minimal braking and ran out of runway."  The airplane overran the runway, struck a fence and came to rest in a ditch.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2697X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2697X-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N P206-0197, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna TP206A
- Registry model: [Cessna TP206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206a) (registry code 2073310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P206-0197
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-C reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Skydiving, Part 91
- Registered owner: Skydive Snohomish
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: S43, Snohomish, WA
- Airport: S43, Harvey Field, runway 14

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 1,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days

## 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 20051211029249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051211029249A), Dec 11, 2005: Cessna TP206A, Snohomish, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On landing N2697X went off the end of runway through a fence and into a ditch, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot was the only one on…

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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