Cessna U206F accident near Cambridge, ID
On November 16, 2000, a Cessna U206F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cambridge, ID. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 16, 2000
- Place
- Cambridge, ID
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.633°N, 117.003°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010608X01120
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 16, 2000, about 1400 mountain standard time, a Cessna U206F, N8529Q, registered to a private individual and operated by Baker Aircraft Service as a 14 CFR Part 135 aerial survey flight for the Idaho Power Company, was reported missing. A search of the area around Brownlee Reservoir/Sturgill Creek, located about 13 miles west of Cambridge, Idaho, in which the survey was being conducted was initiated. The search was suspended on December 6, 2000, after the aircraft was not located. On May 21, 2001, a land owner came across the wreckage while horseback riding in Limestone Gulch, an offshoot of Sturgill Creek. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed on the day of the accident in the area of the survey flight, and a company visual flight rules plan was in effect. The aircraft was destroyed by impact damage and a post-crash fire. The commercial pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Baker City, Oregon, about 1135 Pacific standard time. The time of the accident is unknown and 1400 mountain standard time was input for data entry purposes only. A representative from the operator reported that the purpose of the flight was for collecting data on the migration of mule deer along the Snake River between Farewell Bend and Oxbow, Oregon, along the Oregon/Idaho border. The operator was contracted by Idaho Power Company from October to mid-May 2001, to fly Monday through Friday tracking and mapping the herds. Selected deer were fitted with transmitting collars within the herds. The representative reported that the aircraft
Probable cause
Airspeed not maintained and an inadvertent stall while maneuvering. Mountainous terrain was a factor.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
