# Incident 20130216001419I: Cessna P206, Zellwood, FL, February 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2013, 19:05 local time
- Place: Zellwood, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7219° N, 81.5732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zellwood, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7219&lon=-81.5732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442SS) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 106 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130216001419I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN, WHO WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT, WAS CONDUCTING A NIGHT FLIGHT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGAINING NIGHT CURRENCY AFTER HAVING NOT FLOWN AT NIGHT FOR 20 YEARS, WHEN HE LANDED IN A DRAINAGE DITCH PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 27, THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN?S LANDING IN THE DITCH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

THE AIRMAN PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH INDICATED THAT HE, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE RUNWAY?S PILOT CONTROLLED LIGHTING.  THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO LINE UP WITH RUNWAY 27 BUT, LINED UP WITH THE DITCH WHICH, IN THE DARK, APPEARED TO BE THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRMAN?S STATEMENT ALSO INDICATED THAT IN RETROSPECT SEVERAL JUDGMENT ERRORS WERE MADE.  THE ERRORS STATED WHERE AS FOLLOWS:  NOT SOLICITING INSTRUCTION FROM A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, NOT CHECKING THE PILOT CONTROLLED LIGHTING PRIOR TO DARK AND DEPARTURE, AND NOT DIVERTING TO ANOTHER AIRPORT.  ALL ERRORS IDENTIFIED BY THE AIRMAN IN HIS STATEMENT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH JUDGMENT.

## Other reports on N442SS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150326004319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150326004319I), Mar 26, 2015: Cessna P206 (N442SS), Wellford, SC, No damage. Aircraft made a forced landing due to fuel exhaustion, the incident occurred at approximately 2030. The location of the landing site was: 309 greenville hwy.,…

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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