- Date
- July 12, 1989, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N921FECessna 208B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890712025289A
- Case key
- 32457
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot for landing and improper remedial action. A contributing factor was the lack of airspeed on final approach.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that he made a tight turn to final apch for landing & allowed the airspeed to dissipate. Subsequently, a high sink rate developed & the acft landed hard. Drg the occurrence, the main gear partially collapsed & the fuselage was wrinkled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N921FE
- Reported as
- Cessna 208B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B0021
- Airframe hours
- 1,452
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mountain Air Cargo
- Registered owner
- Mountain Air Cargo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 10, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- FMY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FMY · Fort Myers, runway 13, 4,997 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,450 total · 1,024 in this make and model · 4,400 as pilot in command · 194 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.