# Accident 20211221022339A: Cessna 208B, Fulshear, TX, December 21, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2021, 09:26 local time
- Place: Fulshear, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 29.6500° N, 95.9509° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6500&lon=-95.9509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1116N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1116N-2022-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211221022339A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ON A FILED IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT 5,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN CLEARED TO CLIMB TO 6,000 FEET BUT THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED UNTIL RADAR CONTACT HAD BEEN LOST. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAD COLLIDED WITH A POWERED PARACHUTE OPERATOR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 CEN22FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA081), Dec 21, 2021: Cessna 208 (N1116N), Fulshear, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The limitations of the see-and-avoid concept as a method for self-separation of aircraft, which resulted in an inflight collision. Contributing to the accident was the absence of collision avoidance…

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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