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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421B · Marathon, FL · May 8, 2006

Date
May 8, 2006 · 08:00 local
Place
Marathon, FL
Airport
Marathon Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N988GM
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA06LA105
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total200 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Gear was not extended. Aircraft propellers came into contact with the runway and pilot initiated a go-around, became airborne but was unable to gain sufficient altitude to avoid colliding with telephone poles and tree and subsequently crashed into canal in residential area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND, BECAME AIRBORNE BUT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH TELEPHONE POLES AND TREE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED INTO CANAL IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.