- Date
- August 27, 1982, 13:39 local (19:39 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7306UCessna T207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820827042469A
- Case key
- 69996
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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
Before takeoff, the pilot filed a company flight plan for a VFR flight from Boise to salmon, ID. He reported that during initial climb, the engine surged, then seemed to return to normal operation. He reduced the power to 33 inches of manifold pressure and set the propeller to 2550 RPM. Shortly thereafter, the engine began losing power again, there was a second surge, then the propeller stopped. During an emergency landing, the pilot elected to cross over a road and land in an open field. He saw a power line along the road at the edge of the field and elected to cross under it to land. However, he did not see a single telephone pole on the opposite side of the road. The left wing struck the pole and the plane cartwheeled and crashed. An investigation revealed that the crankshaft had failed from fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7306U
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700393
- Airframe hours
- 2,811
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M-1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Salmon Air Taxi
- Registered owner
- Mountain Bird, Inc.
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- SMN · Salmon, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal, runway 28R, 7,400 × 150 ft, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,086 total · 417 in this make and model · 956 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 189 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.