Cessna U206F accident near Owatonna, MN
On June 2, 2004, a Cessna U206F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Owatonna, MN. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 2, 2004
- Place
- Owatonna, MN
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.080°N, 93.165°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040621X00840
Official records · CHI04FA133
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 1, 2004, about 2040 central daylight time, a Cessna U206F, N81685, owned and piloted by a private pilot, impacted a house and terrain during a precision approach to Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (OWA), Owatonna, Minnesota. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The pilot, pilot-rated passenger, and two passengers were fatally injured; there were no ground injuries. The flight departed from Roseau Municipal/Rudy Billberg Field Airport (ROX), Roseau, Minnesota, about 1755, and was en route to OWA. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Report of Aircraft Accident reported the following conversations with N81685, Princeton Automated Flight Service Station (PNM AFSS), and Minneapolis Center Sector 05 Radar Controller (ZMP05), Sector 07 (ZMP07), and Sector 25 (ZMP25), Rochester Air Traffic Control Tower (RST), and an Unknown transmission. At 1719, a person representing N81685 called PNM AFSS by telephone and requested an update on ceilings from ROX to OWA for a flight departing in about 15 minutes. At 1735, a person representing N81685 called PNM AFSS by telephone and filed an IFR flight plan for a flight from ROX to OWA departing at 1755. At 1750, N81685 initiated radio contact airborne after departure from ROX. N81685 was issued an IFR clearance to OWA and assigned an altitude of five thousand feet mean sea level (MSL). At 1756, N81685 reported level at fi
Probable cause
The altitude/clearance not maintained by the pilot-in-command during a precision instrument approach. A contributing factor was the instrument meteorological conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
