# Accident 19960414007329A: Cessna U206G, Bhiloxi, MS, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 13:15 local time
- Place: Bhiloxi, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2710° N, 89.3502° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2710&lon=-89.3502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734QW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734QW-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414007329A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OVERDUE, LATER LOCATED BY TH COAST GUARD. (-23) ON APRIL 14, 1996, AT 1315 CDT, A CESSNA U206G AIRCRAFT, N734QW, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY SIGNAL AIR, INC. UNDER TITLE 14 CFT PART 91, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH WATER NEAR VENICE, LOUISIANA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES, TWO PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BURRWOOD, LOUISIANA, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO SURVIVING PASSENGERS, THE AMPHIBIAN AIRPLANE ENTERED A FOG BANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE FROM A WATER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY UNDER THE FOG BANK. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE WATER, COMING TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION.

## 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 FTW96LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA171), Apr 14, 1996: Cessna U206G (N734QW), Venice, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions. A factor was the fog.

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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