- Date
- April 11, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dixie, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54MCessna TU-206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830411012939A
- Case key
- 39679
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a pine tree off the departure end of the runway during landing. The airstrip being used is 1200 feet long. The purpose of using it was to give the pilot under instruction experience in bush-type airstrips. The p.u.I. Was making the second landing after a demonstration by the instructor. The winds were variable and touchdown was longer than projected. The aircraft then bounced and the instructor took over the controls. The flaps were raised after ground contact and maximum braking was used but the acft collided with a tree at the end of the airstrip and stopped a few feet beyond. There is no go-around capability after reaching short final.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54M
- Reported as
- Cessna TU-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20602832
- Airframe hours
- 2,085
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mission Medica Independiente
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 31, 1982 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Whitewater, runway 24, 1,200 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,200 total · 3,530 in this make and model · 5,810 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.