# Incident 20031220035022I: Cessna 208, Homestead, FL, December 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead Genrl Aviation Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9639F) (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 PT6A114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035022I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, 20 DEC 2003, A CESSNA CARAVAN, N9639F AND A CESSNA 172, N5412D EXPERIENCED A MIDAIR COLLISION ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT, X51. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. EACH AIRCRAFT LANDED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COLLISION, WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THE CESSNA CARAVAN LANDED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE CESSNA 172 LANDED IN THE GRASS, ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY ON THE WEST SIDE. THE CESSNA CARAVAN IS OPERATED BY SKYDIVE MIAMI, AND BASED AT THE HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SKYDIVERS AWAY, AND WAS DESCENDING IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE CESSNA 172 WAS RENTED FROM DEAN INTERNATIONAL AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT (TMB) BY THE LOCAL CIVIL AIR PATROL. THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WAS CONDUCTING CADET ORIENTATION FLIGHTS FROM TMB TO X51, FOR THE 100 YEARS OF FLIGHT. THE CESSNA CARAVAN WAS ABOVE THE CE-172. THE CARAVANS LEFT MAIN TIRE WAS STRUCK BY THE CESSNA 172'S PROPELLER, ON APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N5412D, Cessna 172N: [Incident 20031220035021I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035021I)

## Other reports on N9639F (3)

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

- [Accident 20081207856719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081207856719A), Dec 7, 2008: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Reserve parachute deployed into the air stream while [privacy data omitted] was still in the aircraft. Reserve chute pulled [privacy data omitted] into…
- [Incident 20030721015739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030721015739I), Jul 21, 2003: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 21, 2003, a parachute fatality occurred at the Homestead general airport, a harness failure resulted in a broken neck for the parachutist. No…
- [Incident 19970622023099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622023099I), Jun 22, 1997: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Umatilla, FL, 1 fatal. Student instructor tandem jump. Main chute risers failed tangled rwserve. Impact killed instructor, injured student

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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