# NTSB MIA89FA151: Cessna TU206F, N8720Q, Immokalee, FL, May 21, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1989, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Location: 26.4337° N, 81.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMMOKALEE RGNL (IMM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4337&lon=-81.4005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA151

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ESTABLISH THE DESCENT ANGLE WHICH WOULD ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED, IN FLIGHT, WITH THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - pole

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE SCENE, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE TOP BARBED WIRE STRAND IN THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GRASS- JUST INSIDE THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY - ROLLED APRX 50 FEET HIT A LOG, BOUNCED UP, STRUCK A POLE WITH THE LEFT WING, CARTWHEELED AND CRASHED IN TO THE TURF ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE POLE. THE ACFT BURST INTO FLAMES AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE. THE ENGINE WAS RUN AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH AN ALTERNATE FUEL SYSTEM AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8720Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8720Q-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N U20603473, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (registry code 2073353) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603473
- Airframe hours: 1600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cannington, Freddie L.
- Registered owner: Jobob Farms Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 9, 1988
- Departed: X51, HOMESTEAD, FL
- Airport: IMM, Immokalee

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,060 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 25 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890521012719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890521012719A), May 21, 1989: Cessna STC206CESSNA, Immokalee, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck fence and a pole landing stol craft in grass area of airport. Aircraft burned. Pilot died later from burns.

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.

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