# Accident 20080120014439A: Cessna U206F, Orlando, FL, January 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2008, 16:22 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2872° N, 81.4356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2872&lon=-81.4356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8JZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080120014439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 33 AT THE KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT FOR PATTERN WORK. ON THE CROSSWIND TO DOWNWIND TURN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, TRIED TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO LUCK, AND WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS' FLOATS AND TAIL SECTION. THE PASSENGERS WERE UNHURT. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, WHEN THE FUEL TANKS WERE DRAINED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ONE GALLON OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE LEFT TANK AND 25 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK. THE CE-206 HAS A TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY OF 65 GALLONS WITH EACH TANK HAVING .8 OF A GALLON UNUSABLE FUEL.

## 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 MIA08LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA043), Jan 20, 2008: Cessna U206F (N8JZ), Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of this accident is undetermined.

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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