# Accident 20190818017799A: Cessna U206F, August 18, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8169° N, 89.2764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8169&lon=-89.2764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5364Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5364Q-2020-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190818017799A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS USED FOR CHARTER FISHING TRIPS. AFTER FLYING TO AN ISLAND TO FISH WEATHER BEGAN MOVING IN, THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WAITED OUT THE FIRST STORM UNDER THE WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER MONITORING THE WEATHER ON AN IPAD THE PILOT DETERMINED HE COULD TAKE OFF AND MAKE IT BACK TO HIS BASE. ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT SEAMED TO BE TRYING TO FLY UNDER THE CLOUDS AND REMAIN IN VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) THEN HE FLEW INTO A STORM AND VISIBILITY WAS LOST. THE PASSENGERS STATED IT FELT LIKE THE AIRCRAFT SLIGHTLY TILTED TO THE RIGHT AND WHEN THEY LOOKED OUT THE SIDE WINDOW THEY COULD SEE THE WATER AND THAT THEY WERE GETTING EXTREMELY LOW. BEFORE THEY COULD WARN THE PILOT THEY HIT THE WATER AND THE AIRCRAFT BROKE UP. THEY ALL WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND THE PILOT EXPIRED WHILE AWAITING RESCUE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEVER RECOVERED.

## 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 CEN19FA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA271), Aug 18, 2019: Cessna U206 (N5364Q), Hopedale, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), resulting from the pilot’s failure to maintain proper altitude and continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions.

## Other reports on N5364Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20130804017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130804017689A), Aug 4, 2013: Cessna U206F (N5364Q), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. On takeoff roll from Douglas river beach a Cessna 206 with five passengers became airborne prematurely when a bump was encountered. The aircraft settled back…

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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