Cessna 210 accident near Marathon, FL
On September 8, 2019, a Cessna 210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marathon, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 8, 2019
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 24.733°N, 81.070°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190908X05518
Official records · ERA19FA266
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTHISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 8, 2019, at 0630 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 210A, N9436X, was destroyed when it impacted the Gulf of. The commercial pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot had filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan for the accident flight, with a planned destination of Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV), Savannah, Georgia. On the morning of the accident flight, the pilot was departing from The Florida Keys Marathon International Airport (MTH), Marathon, Florida but had not contacted air traffic control to receive an IFR clearance. Review of ADS-B track data for the accident flight revealed that it departed on runway 25 at 0629 and initially made a right climbing turn. The airplane reached an indicated altitude of 425 ft mean sea level about 90° through the turn, before descending in the turn and impacting the water. The airplane’s groundspeed continued to increase, from about 70 knots at liftoff, to 100 knots at the height of the right climbing turn, to 146 knots at the end of the data. Review of airport surveillance video depicted the airplane’s takeoff, initial climb, and turn toward an area of dark open water underneath a scattered cloud layer. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land and instrument airplane. His most recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) third-class medical certificate was issued on February 10, 2018
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a positive climb rate after takeoff due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in the airplane’s descent into water.
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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.
