Accident Cessna 206G N9924R, Tuesday 1 November 1994

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Date:	Tuesday 1 November 1994
Time:	21:46 LT
Type:	Cessna 206G
Owner/operator:	Ararat Shrine Wings Of Mercy
Registration:	N9924R
MSN:	U20606983
Year of manufacture:	1986
Total airframe hrs:	2508 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520-F17B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Butler, MO - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Ft. Smith, AR (KFSM)
Destination airport:	(KBUM)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS TAXIING AFTER LANDING TO THE RAMP AREA TO PARK THE AIRPLANE. HE WROTE IN HIS REPORT TO THE NTSB THAT IT WAS A DARK NIGHT, AND WHEN HE TURNED TOWARDS THE RAMP AREA, HE WAS UNAWARE HE HAD TAXIED OFF THE TAXIWAY ONTO A DIRT FIELD, SHORT OF THE RAMP. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED INTO A DITCH, DAMAGING THE AIRPLANE.

Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor associated with the accident was the dark night lighting conditions.

Accident investigation: