- Date
- November 1, 1994, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4801UCessna 205A
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941101037209A
- Case key
- 42083
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot in command's long and fast landing. A factor was the wet runway surface condition.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he landed long and fast, and that the runway was wet and had about a one inch layer of fresh, wet snow overlaying the short grass surface. During the landing rollout he had no braking, overran the upwind end of the runway and collided with trees. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the aircraft during the landing.
Factual narrative
On November 1, 1994, approximately 1500 hours Pacific standard time (pst), a Cessna 205A, N4801U, registered to David Petet & Kelly Kelso, operated by Orofino Aviation, Inc., and being flown by Philip M. Rosenberg, a commercial pilot, was substantially damaged when the aircraft collided with trees as it overran the upwind end of runway 04 at the Moose Creek Ranger Station, near Lowell, Idaho. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was uninjured. The flight, which was a business delivery of feed to the destination airport, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Orofino, Idaho, at 1415 hours.
The pilot reported that he landed long and fast, and that the runway was wet and had about a one inch layer of fresh, wet snow overlaying the short grass surface. During the landing rollout he had no braking, overran the upwind end of the runway and collided with trees.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the aircraft during the landing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4801U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2050501
- Airframe hours
- 4,328
- Engine
- Continental IO-470S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Orofino Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Petet, David, G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 27, 1994 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- S68 · Orofino, ID
- Destination
- 1U1
- Airport
- 1U1 · Moose Creek (Usfs), runway 4, 2,300 × 200 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 135 in this make and model · 5,300 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- 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.