Cessna P206B accident near Truckee, CA
On September 8, 2009, a Cessna P206B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Truckee, CA. 4 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 8, 2009
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna P206B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 4 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.320°N, 120.139°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090908X21520
Official records · WPR09LA432
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 7, 2009, about 1849 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna P206B airplane, N206ST, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain after takeoff from the Truckee-Tahoe Airport (TRK), Truckee, California. The airplane was registered to Trolan Enterprises LLC, of Missoula, Montana, and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot and her three passengers sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The flight was originating at the time of the accident with an intended destination of San Jose, California. A witness, who was a rated pilot and located on the ramp area of TRK, reported observing the accident airplane take off from runway 19 and was "...not gaining altitude, roughly 100 fpm (feet per minute) or less." The witness stated that it appeared the pilot was executing the left turn noise abatement departure procedure and had completed an approximate 270-degree left turn. The witness further stated that as the airplane was "in line with runway 28," he observed the left wing of the airplane drop about 40 to 60 degrees, followed by a "partial recovery" before entering a "knife edge" and descending towards terrain. A second witness located adjacent to the accident site reported observing the accident airplane "...very low to the ground. It [the airplane] banked w/left wing down then quickly banked back the other way (right wing down), losing altitude quickly." The witness stated that the airplane impacted
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed for flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent impact with the ground. Contributing to the accident was the intermittent failure of the stall warning system due to a contaminated switch.
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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.
