# Incident 19990223018319I: Cessna P206, Wichita Falls, TX, February 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1999, 11:38 local time
- Place: Wichita Falls, TX
- Airport: Sheppard Afb-Wichita Falls Mun
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9888° N, 98.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHEPPARD AFB/WICHITA FALLS MUNI (SPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9888&lon=-98.4919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4644F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4644F) (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 P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 298 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990223018319I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 23, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS, A CESSNA 206 OPERATED BY MR. EMMETT WAYNE ROBERTS, EXPERIENCED A THROTTLE CABLE FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND NO OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THE PILOT, MR. ROBERTS, HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SUGARLAND, TEXAS, ON FEBRUARY 23, 1999, AND LANDED AT SPS (WICHITA FALLS MUNICIPAL) WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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