20081205857379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P206 · Ocala, FL · December 5, 2008

Date
December 5, 2008 · 19:38 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Airport
Ocala International-Jim Taylor Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4699F
Reported as
Cessna P206
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
168 total150 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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) PIC conveyed he did not know runway 36/18 was closed. The NOTAMS identifying the runway closed due to construction, and have been in effect for three days as verified from airport operations and Lockheed martin flight desk as well as jax approach. Later around 19:45L the airport director was notified by landmark aviation tha the aircraft landed on runway 36, after clipping the trees on execution of a go around. He inquired about runway 26 prior to the incident and was given the clearance to land as it was open, but unlit. The pilot made three attempts to land. During the last attempt he realized he was too high and fast and at the end of 26, then aborted, initiating a shallow left turn striking an oak tree approximately 40-50' in height, and about 24" diameter at the base. The pilot continued a low level turn back to the airport, intersecting runway 36'S centerline landing 100 feet from the painting crew staged at the threshold. The PIC stated that he became disoriented with the work equipment, primarily the lights at the end of the runway, the uncertainty of runway 26 and without lights while trying to land.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PIC CONVEYED HE DID NOT KNOW RUNWAY 36/18 WAS CLOSED. THE NOTAMS IDENTIFYING THE RUNWAY CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION, AND HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THREE DAYS AS VERIFIED FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND LOCKHEED MARTIN FLIGHT DESK AS WELL AS JAX APPROACH. LATER AROUND 19:45L THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR WAS NOTIFIED BY LANDMARK AVIATION THA THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36, AFTER CLIPPING THE TREES ON EXECUTION OF A GO AROUND. HE INQUIRED ABOUT RUNWAY 26 PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AND WAS GIVEN THE CLEARANCE TO LAND AS IT WAS OPEN, BUT UNLIT. THE PILOT MADE THREE ATTEMPTS TO LAND. DURING THE LAST ATTEMPT HE REALIZED HE WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST AND AT THE END OF 26, THEN ABORTED, INITIATING A SHALLOW LEFT TURN STRIKING AN OAK TREE APPROXIMATELY 40-50' IN HEIGHT, AND ABOUT 24" DIAMETER AT THE BASE. THE PILOT CONTINUED A LOW LEVEL TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT, INTERSECTING RUNWAY 36'S CENTERLINE LANDING 100 FEET FROM THE PAINTING CREW STAGED AT THE THRESHOLD. THE PIC STATED THAT HE BECAME DISORIENTED WITH THE WORK EQUIPMENT, PRIMARILY THE LIGHTS AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE UNCERTAINTY OF RUNWAY 26 AND WITHOUT LIGHTS WHILE TRYING TO LAND.