Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Nevada County Air Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Grass Valley, California 95945
Saturday, October 4, 2014 13:43 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On October 4, 2014, at 1343 Pacific daylight time, a Rockwell International 690B airplane, N700PQ, departed the runway surface and impacted medium sized boulders and came to rest in a drainage area at the Nevada County Air Park (GOO), Grass Valley, California. The airplane was registered to Rogers Helicopters, Inc., and operated under an exclusive use contract to the United States Forest Service (USFS) as a public-use flight. The pilot and two USFS passengers were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage undercarriage. The local area flight departed GOO at 0953 in support of the King Fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan had been filed.
The flight was designated as an Air Attack flight for the King Fire; a pilot and two Air Attack Group Supervisors (ATGS) were onboard. The mission flight was uneventful, and after transition with another crew and aircraft, the accident airplane returned to base. Upon landing, the pilot reported that he landed slightly long. He reduced the power setting to flight idle, and then moved the thrust levers to beta. On the landing roll out, the pilot adjusted levers for less reverse thrust, and indicated that he would not be able to make his normal exit turnoff. He knew he needed to slow down in order to make the next turnoff. As he input more reverse thrust, the airplane began to drift to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and brake to return the airplane to the runway; however, the airplane continued to exit the runway surface into the infield where it impacted several medium-sized boulders, and came to rest upright in a drainage area.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/4/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1343 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | Grass Valley |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 95945 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | GOO |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 6821 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 69 |
| Airport Elevation | 3154 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1340 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GOO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 3154 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.15 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | METAR KGOO 042040Z AUTO 24007KT 220V290 10SM CLR 2 |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 3 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | NTSB Operations Center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 15 2014 12:28PM |
| User who most recently changed record | cort |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N700PQ |
| NTSB Number | WPR15TA002 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL |
| Aircraft Model | 690B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 11389 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 10324 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | -- |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 11 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ROGERS HELICOPTERS INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 5484 E PERIMETER RD |
| Aircraft Owner City | FRESNO |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 937277718 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | United States Forest Service |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Boise |
| Operator State | ID |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 83705-5354 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | GOO |
| Departure City | GRASS VALLEY |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 953 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | GOO |
| Destination City | Grass Valley |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 21 2014 7:46PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 07 |
| Runway Length | 4351 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |