# Accident 20050326005369A: Cessna T206H, Charleston, SC, March 26, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2005, 21:15 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7117° N, 80.0117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7117&lon=-80.0117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222YT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222YT-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T206H (registry code 2073303, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 983 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050326005369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON IFR FLT PLAN, INITIAL CONTACT GIVEN FOR INITIAL APCH FIX FOR ILS RWY 9 @JZI, GIVEN VECTOR FOR CORRECTION TO FIX, GIVEN HEADING TO INTERCEPT FINAL AND CLEARED FOR APPROACH, APCH CLRNCE CNXL DUE TO CLOSE TO INTERCEPT @ FINAL APPROACH FIX, REVECTORED TO ANOTHER APPROACH INTERCEPTED FINAL OUTSIDE FINAL FIX, GIVEN 360 TO REJOIN LOCALIZER DUE TO PROCEEDING AIRCRAFT HAD NOT CNXLD LND, REPORTED ESTABLISHED ON LOCAL WAS GIVEN POSITION, CLEARED FOR APPRCH, RADAR SERVICE WAS CANCELLED AND AIRCRAFT CHANGED ADVISORY. NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION. AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. TWO SOULS ON BOARD FATALLY INJURED. WEATHER CONDITION AT TIME OF CRASH REPORTED RAIN AND MIST.

## 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 ATL05FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA066), Mar 27, 2005: Cessna T206H (N222YT), Johns Island, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow instrument flight procedures and descent below the published minimum descent altitude, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain during an instrument…

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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