Oxbow Rnach Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Prairie City, Oregon 97869
Wednesday, August 13, 1986 5:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE ACFT ON AN UNLIT AIRSTRIP DURING DUSK CONDITIONS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN THE ACFT WITH THE CENTER OF THE 30 FOOT WIDE AIRSTRIP THE PLT HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDING. DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO AROUND AN INADVERTENT STALL WAS ENTERED AND THE ACFT WAS TOO LOW TO RECOVER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/13/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 500
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City PRAIRIE CITY
Event State OREGON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 97869
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport OXBOW RNACH AIRPORT
Event Location Nearest Airport ID OR17
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 3820
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Dawn
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 13
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1760
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Aug 13 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1015
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32219
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2696U
NTSB Number SEA86LA206
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 340
Aircraft Series Identifier 340
Aircraft Serial Number 340A0780
Certified Max Gross Weight 5990
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Aug 7 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 33
Airframe Hours 2733
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name TANGO CORPORATION
Aircraft Owner Street Address 600 SEVENTEENTH STREET
Aircraft Owner City DENVER
Aircraft Owner State CO
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address ROUTE 2 BOX 215
Operator City BAKER
Operator State OR
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BKE
Departure City BAKER
Departure State OR
Departure Country
Departure Time 435
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code OR17
Destination City PRAIRIE CITY
Destination State OR
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 3100
Runway Width 30
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --