- Date
- June 26, 1995, 19:00 local (Jun 27, 1995, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Homedale, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4298CCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950626014799A
- Case key
- 42175
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged distance and altitude during the approach. The downdraft was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft struck a tree and barbed wire fence during the approach. The pilot reported that he encountered a downdraft on short final. The aircraft touched down short of the runway, and the nose gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On June 26, 1995, approximately 1900 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172F, N4298C, was substantially damaged during an inflight collision with a tree and barbed wire fence while on final approach to runway 13 at the Homedale airport, Homedale, Idaho. The private pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91, and originated from Murphy, Idaho, about 1830. The pilot reported that while on short final to runway 13 he encountered a downdraft. The aircraft touched down short of the runway during which the nose gear collapsed (refer to CHART I, FAA Inspector's report and photographs).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4298C
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252469
- Airframe hours
- 2,374
- Engine
- Continental O-300C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tolmie, Harold, N.
- Registered owner
- Fisher, John, J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1995 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 1U3 · Murphy, ID
- Airport
- S66 · Homedale, runway 13, 2,900 × 50 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 6 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI, 31 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.