- Date
- October 10, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lower Loon, ID
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25SABritten-Norman BN-2A-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861010048649A
- Case key
- 40555
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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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.
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Analysis
The plt diverted from his original destination due to weather. Upon landing at the alternate airport wiht a 7 knot tail wind, while using heavy braking on wet sod, the brakes locked. The acft veered to the right of the center placing the right main gear on rough terrain where it collapsed, dragging the right wing. The airstrip is only 1100 feet long.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25SA
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN-2A-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 766
- Airframe hours
- 4,920
- Engine
- Lycoming IO540K1B5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mountain Bird, Inc., doing business as Salmon Air Taxi
- Registered owner
- Mountain Bird, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SMN · Salmon, ID
- Destination
- U54 · Bernard Creek, ID
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Lower Loon
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,825 total · 800 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command · 330 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.