- Date
- November 20, 1986, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warren, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N756WZCessna T-206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861120083819A
- Case key
- 40569
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on a snow covered us forrest service airstrip at dawn. The aircrafts right main gear caught on uneven terrain to the side of the airstrip, veered to the right, and then nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756WZ
- Reported as
- Cessna T-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604427
- Airframe hours
- 3,022
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Susan Dorris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1986 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Destination
- USFS · Warren, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- USFS · Warren, runway 29, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,990 total · 2,820 in this make and model · 3,880 as pilot in command · 219 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N756WZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.