- Date
- June 7, 2022, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blackfoot, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7303MCessna 175
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration FSDO
- Case key
- 105224
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of airplane control during the landing approach which, resulted in an undershoot and collision with a fence.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was returning to land after performing a local sightseeing flight. The wind velocity had increased since departure, and during the landing approach he realized he was about to land short of the runway. He applied full engine power, but the engine sputtered and the airplane subsequently landed short of the runway, struck a fence, and nosed over. The fuselage, vertical stabilizer and rudder were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7303M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55603
- Built
- 1958
- Airframe hours
- 1,557.1
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2022 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- U02 · Mccarley Fld, runway 19, 4,314 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Handheld GPS, ADS-B
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
- 70
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 523.9 total · 315.2 in this make and model · 523.9 as pilot in command · 7.5 in the last 90 days · 3.1 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KPIH, 20 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KPIH 071653Z 26010KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP174 T01610056=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.4 MB in all.
Other investigations on N7303M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.