- Date
- June 23, 1992, 07:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Burley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3739YCessna 210D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920623021549A
- Case key
- 42838
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout. Factors include FAA NOTAMS not being obtained, flight service station services not being used, and an object (temporary barrier) on the runway.
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
The pilot of the Cessna 210D was attempting to land on a runway which had been closed by FAA NOTAM and a yellow x over the runway identification numbers. He did not contact the on field FAA flight service station (fss) for airport advisories prior to the landing, and did not notice the temporary barriers and equipment on the runway until he was beginning his landing flare. He executed a go around, but impacted a barrier with the left elevator. The elevator dangled from the aircraft until the pilot was able to land on an adjacent taxiway, whereupon the elevator separated from the aircraft. After the aircraft impacted the barrier, the fss personnel were unable to establish radio contact with the pilot on the airport advisory frequency (123.6), but were ultimately able to make contact on another frequency (122.8).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3739Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058239
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blaine, Comer
- Registered owner
- Blaine, Comer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- PVU · Provo, UT
- Destination
- BYI · Burley, ID
- Airport
- BYI · Burley Municipal Airport, runway 2, 4,094 × 80 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,360 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.