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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182E · Clearwater, FL · July 9, 1979

Date
July 9, 1979 · 20:10 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Clearwater Execut
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9262X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA101
Reported as
Cessna 182E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,292 total113 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witnesses saw the plane low and fast on final approach. It then dived to the ground.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES SAW THE PLANE LOW AND FAST ON FINAL APPROACH. IT THEN DIVED TO THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.