# Accident 20251211020369A: Cessna TU206F, Pell City, AL, December 11, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2025, 14:40 local time
- Place: Pell City, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5691° N, 86.3962° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5691&lon=-86.3962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N917WC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917WC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 654 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251211020369A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND FOR LANDING 25 MILES EAST OF BIRMINGHAM (KBHM). PILOT ADVISED ATC AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING A FUEL PUMP ISSUE AND LANDED IN A FIELD.

## 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 ERA26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA066), Dec 11, 2025: Cessna TU206 (N917WC), Pell City, AL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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