# Accident 19960209001499A: Cessna P206A, Easton, PA, February 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1996, 20:51 local time
- Place: Easton, PA
- Airport: Easton Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6809° N, 75.2198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6809&lon=-75.2198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4655F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4655F-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24,500 total, 30 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209001499A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A UNLIGHTED RADIO TOWER NEAR AIRPORT AT NIGHT. PILOT HAD ALCOHOL IN BLOOD. TOWER 428FT AGL. LIGHTS NOTAMED.

## 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 NYC96FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96FA061), Feb 10, 1996: Cessna P206A (N4655F), Forks Township, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper altitude, and insufficient obstruction lighting requirements established by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission.

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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