# NTSB SEA86LA124: Cessna 206T, N1046V, Murphy, ID, May 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Murphy, ID
- Coordinates: 43.08002, -116.519897 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0800&lon=-116.5199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40405
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40405/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA124

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE. A BOUNCED LANDING OCCURRED WITH A TOUCHDOWN BEING MORE THAN 2/3 WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. DURING VFR CO-AROUND, A DEPARTURE STALL WAS ENTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING AND NOSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1046V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1046V), registered now, S/N U20602418, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206T
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20602418
- Airframe hours: 1835
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William C. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 1, 1985
- Departed: BOI, BOISE, ID
- Destination: 1U3, MURPHY, ID
- Airport: 1U3, Murphy Airport, runway 29, 2,500 × 100 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,356 total, 639 in this make and model, 1,296 as pilot in command, 108 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F

## 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 19860513016899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860513016899A), May 13, 1986: Cessna TU206F, Murphy, ID, Substantial damage. During a go around after a bounced long landing, aircraft stalled and impacted ground, left wing and nose first.

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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