# Accident 20250312006179A: Cessna TU206G, Orlando, FL, March 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2025, 14:52 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5013° N, 81.1130° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5013&lon=-81.1130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27GP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250312006179A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 12, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KORL IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION. APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES EAST OF KORL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED TO HAVE AN ENGINE FAILURE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED F11 TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING ON A FIELD.  AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF LANDING AT AN UNIMPROVED AREA.  INVESTIGAION REVEALED AIRCRAFT HAD SUFFICIENET FUEL, AND NO FUEL CONTAMINATION WAS DISCOVERED AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHERE THE AICRAFT WAS RECENTLY REFUELED.  WEATHER WAS VFR AND THERE WERE NO OTHER IMMEDIATE CAUSES TO A POWER LOSS THAT WERE DETERMINED.  ANALYSIS OF THE ENGINE IS UNDERWAY.

## 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 ERA25LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA142), Mar 12, 2025: Cessna TU206G (N27GP), Wedgefield, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of an excessively rich fuel-to-air ratio due to the pilot’s failure to properly lean the engine’s fuel air mixture and the inadvertent activation of the…

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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