- Date
- June 2, 2006, 20:30 local (Jun 3, 2006, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stanley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7537NCessna 206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 64046
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted takeoff. Factors include a tailwind gust, and a large rock near the side of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll, the aircraft unexpectedly encountered a tailwind gust. This resulted in the aircraft veering toward the side of the runway, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. During the abort sequence, the pilot was unable to maintain directional control, and the aircraft departed the side of the runway and impacted a nearby large rock.
Factual narrative
During the takeoff roll, the aircraft unexpectedly encountered a tailwind gust. This resulted in the aircraft veering toward the side of the runway, so the pilot aborted the takeoff. During the abort sequence, the pilot was unable to maintain directional control, and the aircraft departed the side of the runway and impacted a nearby large rock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7537N
- Reported as
- Cessna 206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 03665
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520M, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Spirit Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2U7 · Stanley, ID
- Destination
- KBOI · Boise, ID
- Airport
- 2U7 · Stanley Airport, runway 17, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 4,400 total · 144 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None