# Incident 19960801020549I: Cessna 208, Laurel, DE, August 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1996, 20:33 local time
- Place: Laurel, DE
- Airport: Laurel Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5422° N, 75.5944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL (N06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5422&lon=-75.5944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9653F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9653F-2009-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 80 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960801020549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 1, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 2033 HOURS, A CESSNA CE-208, N9653F, PILOTED BY THERESA M. COOK, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT THE LAUREL AIRPORT, DE AFTER DROPPING PARACHUTIST EARLIER IN THE DAY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE WINDSCREEN FOGGED OVER RESTRICTING FORWARD VISIBILITY TO ZERO RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED FOR THIS LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PILOT ADVISED THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE WINDSCREEN FOGGED OVER, BOTH THE OUTER AND INNER PANELS WHICH RESTRICTED FORWARD VISIBILITY TO ZERO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED LOOKING OUT THE SIDE PANEL WINDOW WHICH WAS RATHER HARD CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKES. THE PILOT ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT ATTEMPT A GO AROUND BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTED FORWARD VISIBILITY, FELT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNSAFE. IN A LATER PHONE INTERVIEW, THE PILOT COULD ADD NOTHING TO HER EARLIER STATEMENT. WE FEEL THE FOG OVER OF BOTH THE OUTER AND INNER PANELS OF THE WIND SCREEN WAS AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE, THEREFORE, THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9653F (1)

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

- [Incident 20070206006089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070206006089I), Feb 6, 2007: Cessna 208 (N9653F), Carlsbad, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On 02/06/07 approximately 6:34 pm, MST, a parked bell 206B-III (N206U) registered to msi N206U LLC, sustained damage to the vertical fin when it was…

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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