Cessna T206H accident near Huntsville, AL
On January 12, 2005, a Cessna T206H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Huntsville, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 12, 2005
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Aircraft
- Cessna T206H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.629°N, 86.756°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050119X00069
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 11, 2005, at 1818 central standard time, a Cessna T206H, N2467X, registered to pending applicant N2467X, LLC, and operated by Huntsville Flight Center, collided into trees and the ground shortly after takeoff in Huntsville, Alabama. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with an instrument flight rules (IFR) plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions with thunderstorms prevailed. The instrument-rated private pilot and the private pilot-rated passenger received fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Huntsville International - Carl T. Jones Field (HSV), Huntsville, Alabama, at 1816 on January 11, 2005. According to records from the Anniston, Alabama, automated flight service station (AFSS), the pilot telephoned the AFSS at 1752 and obtained an abbreviated weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan for a flight from HSV to Fulton County - Brown Field (FTY), Atlanta, Georgia. According to air traffic control (ATC) records, the pilot contacted the HSV clearance delivery controller at 1807:53 to obtain the flight's IFR clearance, and, at 1814:04, the pilot contacted the HSV ground controller and advised he was ready to taxi. The ground controller cleared the pilot to taxi to runway 18L and asked the pilot to confirm he had received the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) information "november" (N). The pilot acknowledged, then the controller stated, "uh standby I want to give you a weather update here in just a second ... ." The controller then stated at 1814:31, "alrig
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to attempt flight into known adverse weather, which resulted in an in-flight encounter with a thunderstorm.
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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.
