ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380396
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| Date: | Monday 5 December 1983 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna P206C |
| Owner/operator: | Mercury Air Courier Service |
| Registration: | N8669Z |
| MSN: | P206-0469 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tremonton, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Brigham City, UT (BMC |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING & FILED A FLT PLAN, BUT DID NOT ASK FOR NOTAMS. HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE DESTINATION ARPT WAS NOTAMED AS CLOSED UNTIL AFTER THE FLT. HE SAID THAT DURING ARRIVAL, HE 'DISCOVERED AN UNPLOWED BUT APPARENTLY USED RWY.' HE OBSERVED SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE SNOW COVERED RWY & ASSUMED IT WAS OPEN. THERE WAS NO TOWER OR UNICOM AT THE ARPT. AN APCH FOR A SOFT FIELD LANDING WAS MADE WITH FULL FLAPS & THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON 8 INCHES OF CRUSTED SNOW. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE NOSEWHEEL BECAME BURIED IN THE SNOW, DESPITE THE USE OF FULL UP ELEVATOR. WHEN THE ACFT HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 10 KNOTS, IT WENT OVER ONTO ITS TOP.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN84LA040
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1998 | N8669Z | private | 3 | Dubois, ID | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Apr-2024 16:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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