# Accident 19990509004719A: Cessna 2105, Celina, OH, May 9, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Celina, OH
- Airport: Lakefield Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5507° N, 84.5709° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5507&lon=-84.5709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8157Z-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990509004719A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE PILOT AND 5 SKYDIVERS ALL SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. YDIVERS ALL SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.              (-23) THE FOLLOWING IS EXTRACTED FROM THE NTSB PRELIMINARY REPORT.  ON M   AY 9, 1999, AT 1800 A CESSNA 205, N8157Z, OPERATED BY GRAND LAKE SKYDIVING WAS DESTROYED DURING A COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT AFTER TAKEOFF FROM LAKEFIELD AIRPORT (CQA), CELINA, OH.  THE CERTIFIEDCOMMERCIAL PILOT AND FIVE PARACHUSTISTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE AIRPLANE DURING CLIMB OUT.  THEY DESCRIBED SMOOTH UNINTERRUPTED ENGINE NOISE.  EACH WITNESSS DESCRIBED SMOOTH ENGINE NOISE, BRIEF "SPUTTERING" AND THEN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  A WITNESS RELATED, "THE NOSE DROPPED, A PARACHUTIST EXITED AND THE PLANE ENTERED A SPIRALING DESCENT, TWO MORE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRPLANE BEFORE GROUND IMPACT."

## 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 IAD99FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA043), May 9, 1999: Cessna 205 (N8157Z), Celina, OH, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: was the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after the…

## Other reports on N8157Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19870118015939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870118015939I), Jan 18, 1987: Cessna 2105 (N8157Z), Clark, SD, Minor damage. After turning final,pilot heard a loud thud, added power, landed. Aircraft had contacted tree limbs.
- [Accident 19770902031759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770902031759A), Sep 2, 1977: Cessna 2105 (N8157Z), KY, Substantial damage

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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