# Incident 19981211045629I: Cessna P206B, Naples, FL, December 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1998, 13:28 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8619Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8619Z-2005-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206B (registry code 2073309, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981211045629I

## Narrative

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

ATTACHMENT STATES: ON DEC. 11, 1998, MR. URS SPENGER, PILOT CERTIFICATE 2482092, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF AIRCRAFT N8619Z, A CESSNA 206-P206B, CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 050 AT NAPLES AIRPORT, NAPLES, FLORIDA. MR. SPENGER STATED, THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A STRONG TENDENCY TO BANK LEFT AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 050, STRIKING A TAXI LIGHT AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS.  INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE PILOT, HAD NOT FLOWN IN OVER A YEAR PRIOR TO HIS FAR 61.56 FLIGHT REVIEW ON DEC. 9, 1998 BY A ED WELCH, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR #1883830CFI.  AN ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON N8619Z ALONG WITH INSTALLATION OF NEW HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON NOV. 26, 1998.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES SINCE THE ANNUAL.  MR. SPENGER COMPLAINED OF THE AIRCRAFT BANKING STRONGLY TO THE LEFT AND HE WAS BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO LONDON HELICOPTERS, WHERE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN DONE, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  MR. SPENGER ADMITTED HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE LANDED.  PILOT SPENGER FLEW WITH AN AIRLINE PILOT ACQUAINTANCE AFTER THE INCIDENT AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RUDDER TRIM WAS SET IMPROPERLY.  HE HAS FLOWN OVER 40 HRS SINCE THE INCIDENT WITHOUT PROBLEMS INCLUDING SEVERAL FLIGHT WITH WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS. HE SAYS HE HAS NOT ANY FURTHER PROBLEM AIRPLANE TENDING TO FLY OUT OF RIG.  MR. SPENGER HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON THE NEED FOR PROPER USE OF TRIM AND OF PILOT RESPONSIBILITIES IN PREFLIGHT INSPECTIONS.  IN LIGHT OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS FLOWN BY MR. SPENGER SINCE THE INCIDENT AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH HE HAS FLOWN NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED FOR HIM. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                          END.

## Other reports on N8619Z (3)

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

- [Accident 20041024027329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041024027329A), Oct 24, 2004: Cessna P206B (N8619Z), Taylorville, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) This aircraft operated by mid america sport parachute club, inc. of Taylorville, IL. Was conducting parachute operations over the Taylorville airport at…
- [Incident 19860509038889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860509038889I), May 9, 1986: Cessna P206 (N8619Z), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft veered as nose wheel was lowered on rollout. Departed runway side and nosed down in soft soil.
- [Accident 19780407008769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407008769A), Apr 7, 1978: Cessna TU206A (N8619Z), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage. Gusting 25-35K.prop,firewall dmgd.

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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