# Accident 20030915023189A: Cessna 206CESSNA, Okeechobee, FL, September 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2333° N, 80.9250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2333&lon=-80.9250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206SK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206SK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 20 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030915023189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2003, MR. MARTIN D. MILLER, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 332723357 WAS OPERATING A CESSNA CE-206, N206SK, ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM ST. PETERSBURG/CLEARWATER AIRPORT (PIE), ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA TO NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPORT (F45), WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. ENROUTE, NORTHWEST OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY :50 EST, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY CYCLING THE FUEL SELECTOR TO THE OPPOSITE FUEL TANK TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT TO A LANDING ON THE RIO RANCH APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AIRPORT, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH BARBED WIRE FENCING, STRIKING FENCE POSTS AS IT CAME TO A STOP, THEN SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA03LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA184), Sep 15, 2003: Cessna 206 (N206SK), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion for undetermined reasons. A finding in the investigation was the inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane by the pilot-in-command for his…

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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