# Accident 20081206854819A: Cessna 206H, Kalkaska, MI, December 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2008, 15:16 local time
- Place: Kalkaska, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6453° N, 85.1750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6453&lon=-85.1750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6053B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6053B-2009-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206H (registry code 2073301, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AC1A5 (registry code 41809, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ac1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206H
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AC1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,854 total, 936 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081206854819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TVC ATCT MANAGER REPORTED THAT PILOT HAD REPORTED ICING IN CLOUDS AND REQUESTED DIVERSION INTO TVC, WHILE SHOOTING THE ILS 28 AT TVC, PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING GLIDE SLOPE INDICATIONS BUT NOT LOCALIZER INDICATIONS.  WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS 3/4 MI DURING APPROACH AND PILOT MISSED APPROACH, THE PILOT SIGHTED THE GROUND SOMETIME DURING THE MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE AND WOULD NOT CLIMB BACK TO A SAFE IFR ALTITUDE, PREFERRING TO MAINTAIN GROUND CONTACT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRACKED ON RADAR FLYING TO THE NORTH EAST OF THE TVC AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND THEN CONTINUING IN A GENERALLY SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION UNTIL IN THE VICINITY OF KALKASKA MICHIGAN 20 MILES EAST OF THE TVC AIRPORT.  SEVERAL WITNESSES AT THAT LOCATION REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING AROUND AT TREE TOP LEVEL IN VERY POOR VISIBILITY BEFORE STRIKING TREES AND A MOBILE HOME.

## 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 CEN09FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA083), Dec 6, 2008: Cessna 206H (N6053B), Kalkaska, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees and terrain during the instrument-flight-rules flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to comply with instrument flight…

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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