# Accident 20070826023539A: Cessna P206, Centerhill, FL, August 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2007, 06:13 local time
- Place: Centerhill, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5861° N, 81.9625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5861&lon=-81.9625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904DZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904DZ-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 791 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070826023539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 26, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:13 AM, A CESSNA CE-P206 (N904DZ) CRASHED INTO A FIELD LOCATED AT THE NW CORNER OF COUNTY ROAD 469 AND STATE ROAD 50 IN SUMTER COUNTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, THE ONLY POB WAS FATAL. PILOT HAS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ATL07LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA119), Aug 26, 2007: Cessna P206 (N904DZ), Center Hill, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot committed suicide. Contributing to the event was the pilot's impairment due to alcohol.

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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