# Accident 19890712025289A: Cessna 208B, Ft Myers, FL, July 12, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1989, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,450 total, 1,024 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890712025289A

## Narrative

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

TIGHT TURN ON FINAL AND HIGH SINK RATE LED TO A HARD LANDING. TAIL STRUCK THE RUNWAY. FUSELAGE AND GEAR DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA89LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA193), Jul 12, 1989: Cessna 208B (N921FE), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT FOR LANDING AND IMPROPER REMEDIAL ACTION. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH.

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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