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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210-5 · Lake Wales, FL · March 31, 2012

Date
March 31, 2012 · 19:10 local
Place
Lake Wales, FL
Airport
Lake Wales Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N224AL
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12LA261
Reported as
Cessna 210-5
Reported engine
Continental IO-550F9
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total30 in this make and model30 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.

Flight departed X25 intending to conduct parachute drops and crashed after departure in a field with seven people on board. Minor injuries and only the pilot elected to go to the hospital and was released shortly after.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DEPARTED X25 INTENDING TO CONDUCT PARACHUTE DROPS AND CRASHED AFTER DEPARTURE IN A FIELD WITH SEVEN PEOPLE ON BOARD. MINOR INJURIES AND ONLY THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND WAS RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER.

NTSB investigation

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