# Accident 19890521012719A: Cessna STC206CESSNA, Immokalee, FL, May 21, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1989, 19:55 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4337° N, 81.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMMOKALEE RGNL (IMM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4337&lon=-81.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8720Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8720Q-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,060 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890521012719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK FENCE AND A POLE LANDING STOL CRAFT IN GRASS AREA OF AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT BURNED. PILOT DIED LATER FROM BURNS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA151), May 21, 1989: Cessna TU206F (N8720Q), Immokalee, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ESTABLISH THE DESCENT ANGLE WHICH WOULD ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED, IN FLIGHT, WITH THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE.

## Other reports on N8720Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820310009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820310009009I), Mar 10, 1982: Cessna TU206F (N8720Q), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Pilot started to turn off ramp to taxiway. Ran off ramp. Lift strut, horizontal stabilizer hit sign.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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