# Accident 20150918016609A: Cessna U206E, Spring Hill, FL, September 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2015, 08:55 local time
- Place: Spring Hill, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4739° N, 82.5100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4739&lon=-82.5100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8615Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8615Z-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 559 total, 549 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA361) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150918016609A

## Narrative

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

ON 18-SEP-2015, AT APPROX 08:55AM LOCAL, THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA U206E, N8615Z, REGISTERED TO KEYSTONE SEAPLANE LLC, CRASHED DUE TO UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD APPROX ONE MILE INSIDE THE OUTER MARKER, WHILE ON APPROACH TO BROOKSVILLE-TAMPA BAY REGIONAL (BKV). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PAGE FIELD (FMY) ON 18-SEP-2015, AT APPROX 07:30AM LOCAL.

## 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 ERA15FA361](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA361), Sep 18, 2015: Cessna U206 (N8615Z), Spring Hill, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized instrument approach, which resulted in a loss of control.

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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