- Date
- August 2, 1993, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yellow Pine, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9554HCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930802027439A
- Case key
- 41743
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Probable cause
The pilot's improperly planned approach and delayed remedial action. A factor related to the accident was: the proximity of mountainous terrain.
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 reported that due to terrain constraints, the pattern was flown close to the airstrip. She made a tight base turn to final approach and had to make corrections to align with the centerline. During the turns, the airplane lost altitude and airspeed. Before the pilot compensated for the lost altitude and airspeed, the airplane landed short of the airstrip and collided with a fence.
Factual narrative
On August 2, 1993, at 0800 hours mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N9554H, landed short of the airstrip near Yellow Pine, Idaho, and collided with the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certificated commercial pilot and her passenger received minor injuries. The flight had departed from McCall, Idaho, on August 2, 1993, at 0730 hours and was en route to Yellow Pine.
During a telephone interview and subsequent written statement, the pilot stated that due to terrain constraints, the pattern was flown close to the runway. From downwind, the pilot made an immediate base to final approach turn to the airstrip, having to make corrections to align with the centerline. The airplane lost altitude and airspeed during the turns and the airplane landed short and collided with a fence before the pilot was able to regain enough altitude and airspeed to land on the airstrip.
The airstrip lies between mountain ranges to the east and west, with trees on all sides.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9554H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266225
- Airframe hours
- 4,644
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hodges, James A.
- Registered owner
- Hodges, James A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1993 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MYL · Mccall, ID
- Destination
- 3U2
- Airport
- 3U2 · Johnson Creek, runway 17, 3,400 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 871 total · 580 in this make and model · 619 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.