Partenavia P68C/TC N2958W

Summary

On 1 April 1983 at about 15:30 local time, a Partenavia P68C/TC registered N2958W was involved in an accident near Dixie, Idaho, United States. 5 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 April 1983 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dixie, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

MacKay Bar (69U)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Partenavia P68C/TC

Registration

N2958W

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cascade → Dixie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83LA070

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT STALLED, DRAGGED THE LEFT WING AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING LANDING. A 2ND PILOT WITH LIMITED MULTI-ENGINE EXPERIENCE WAS MAKING THE LANDING. WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE THRESHOLD, THE ACFT STALLED. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND THE LEFT WING TIP MADE GROUND CONTACT. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TOOK CONTROL AND TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION WITH POWER, BRAKE AND RUDDER. IN SPITE OF HIS EFFORTS, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A FENCE POLE AND THE ACFT ROTATED LEFT INTO THE FENCE. DUE TO THE TERRAIN, A LEFT TURN (DOG LEG) WAS REQUIRED ON FINAL APPROACH, JUST PRIOR TO LANDING. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE GRASS RUNWAY UNTIL THE OTHER PILOT MADE A TURN TO LAND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.