# Accident 20150809013099A: Cessna 206, Titusville, FL, August 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2015, 14:57 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Arthur Dunn Air Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.6225° N, 80.8353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6225&lon=-80.8353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206DZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206DZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,210 total, 89 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA302) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150809013099A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, A 1964 CESSNA 206, N206DZ, TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 22, A SOD FIELD 1,805? IN LENGTH, WITH A TAILWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, THE PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE DESIGNATED LANDING SURFACE, COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 300? BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH ENOUGH SPEED TO HOP A 10? DITCH.  ITS FINAL POSITION WAS WITH THE NOSE SECTION ON ONE SIDE OF THE DITCH AND THE TAIL SECTION ON THE OTHER SIDE, STRADDLING THE DITCH.  ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES HAD SIDEWAYS, ROTATIONALLY INDUCED DIRT MARKS INDICATING THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THE FINAL RESTING POINT OF THE BLADES WAS ONE BLADE DUG ¾ OF THE WAY INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA15CA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA302), Aug 9, 2015: Cessna 206G (N206DZ), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's landing with a tailwind at an excessive speed, which resulted in a runway excursion, and collision with a ditch.

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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