Cessna U206 accident near Maunaloa, HI

On December 10, 2017, a Cessna U206 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Maunaloa, HI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

December 10, 2017

Place

Maunaloa, HI

Aircraft

Cessna U206 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

21.133°N, 157.150°W

NTSB ID

20171210X74756

Official records · ANC18FA012

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• ATC Flight Track Images: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FAA ATC Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Additional FAA ATC Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn December 10, 2017, about 1105 Hawaii-Aleutian standard time (HST), a Cessna U206G airplane, N732DF, impacted remote mountainous terrain during an instrument approach to Molokai Airport (MKK), Kaunakakai, Hawaii. The private pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by a postimpact fire. The airplane was registered to the pilot who was operating it as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. Day instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) were reported at MKK at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed for the visual flight rules (VFR) flight, which originated from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Honolulu, Hawaii, about 1030. The pilot and his wife were returning to their home on Molokai at the time of the accident. Radar and air traffic control information from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) indicated that the pilot departed HNL and obtained VFR flight following services from the Honolulu Combined Control Facility (HCF). The pilot flew to the west side of Molokai as shown below in figure 1. About 1050, the pilot requested the VOR-A instrument approach at MKK. The pilot was instructed to maintain VFR and was issued a heading change, which he acknowledged. At 1053, the MKK tower controller informed HCF who was communicating with the airplane, that MKK was "IFR." At 1055, the pilot advised the controller that he had obtained the most recent weather information at MKK (ATIS information Juliet); the pilot was then cleared for the approach at 1056 and instructe

Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions while conducting an instrument approach, which resulted in a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled flight into terrain.

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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.