Textron Aviation Inc T206H accident near Yellow Pine, ID
On August 29, 2024, a Textron Aviation Inc T206H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yellow Pine, ID. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 29, 2024
- Place
- Yellow Pine, ID
- Aircraft
- Textron Aviation Inc T206H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.902°N, 115.487°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240830195022
NTSB summary
On August 29, 2024, about 1540 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T206H, N712AM, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Yellow Pine, Idaho. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight originated from the airplanes home base of Phoenix Deer Valley Airport (DVT) about 0815, with a planned destination of Johnson Creek Airport (3U2), Yellow Pine, Idaho. Preliminary ADS-B data indicated that the airplane made intermediate stops at St George Regional Airport (SGU), St George, Utah and Jerome County Airport (JER), Jerome, Idaho. The airplane departed JER about 1430, and began a climb to the northwest, reaching an altitude of about 12,000 ft, 27 minutes later. At 1507, the airplane made a right turn to the north, while maintain the same altitude. The airplane began to descend at 1526, and the last ADS-B target at 1532 showed it reached an altitude of 9,875 ft, about 11 miles south of 3U2. 3U2 airport was located within a forest canyon, at an elevation of 4,960 ft. It was comprised of a 3,400 ft x 150 ft turf runway. The runway was oriented north-south within a canyon surrounded by steeply rising terrain to the east and west. Due to the surrounding terrain and runway slope, runway 17 was typically used for landing, even during tailwind conditions. One of the airport caretakers was sitting in an office located about midfield on the east side of the runway. She was looking out of the window facing west and observed an airplane flying right to left just over the runwa
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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.
