Cessna U206G accident near Welaka, FL
On April 19, 2007, a Cessna U206G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Welaka, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 19, 2007
- Place
- Welaka, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna U206G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.659°N, 81.689°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070427X00462
NTSB summary
On April 19, 2007, about 0815 eastern daylight time, a Cessna U206G, N2874B, registered to and operated by a private individual as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, impacted a utility pole and crashed in Welaka, Florida. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot and one passenger were killed, and the airplane received substantial damage. The flight was originating from the Mount Royal Airpark (3FL0), Welaka, Florida, at the time of the accident. A witness was fishing on a pier at the time of the accident. She reported that the airplane came "over the trees, saw it coming in, thought it was too low, you, you just see and think it's too low but it apparently was, flew into the wires, the wing hit the, the pole, the center pole, then the body turned down and hit into the pole and it all fell into the water by the pilings." Regarding engine noise, she reported "...there was no failed engine, no putter, no sputter..." The pilot, age 68, held a commercial pilot certificate with airplane single- and multi-engine land ratings. He held an instrument rating at the time of the accident and was a certified instrument flight and ground advanced instrument instructor. He was issued a third class medical certificate on January 3, 2006, with a restriction to wear corrective lenses. A page from the pilot's logbook indicated 3,936.1 hours of flight time as of April, 2007. The 82-year old right seat passenger owned the airplane and was the owner and manager of Mount Royal Airpark. Reportedly, he stopped flying at age 80 and often f
Probable cause
The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain clearance from utility poles. Contributing to the accident were the fog and haze.
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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.
