# Accident 20200305001519A: Cessna 208B, Rhinelander, WI, March 5, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2020, 08:15 local time
- Place: Rhinelander, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SBAA
- Location: 45.6314° N, 89.4819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6314&lon=-89.4819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706FX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,245 total, 3,312 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200305001519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AND CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

## 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 CEN20CA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA119), Mar 5, 2020: Cessna 208 (N706FX), Rhinelander, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to continue an instrument approach to landing following a loss of visual reference with the runway, which resulted in the airplane touching down left of the runway in…

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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