32.2245° N, 80.6974° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HILTON HEAD (HXD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 25, 1982 · 19:50 local
Place
Hilton Head, SC
Airport
Hilton Head
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGMYL
Reported as
Cessna 210L
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total0 in this make and model0 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.
Canadian pilot was given vectors to airport. Found wreckage in ocean. Indicates pilot lost control. Unlighted area.
As the FAA filed it
CANADIAN PILOT WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO AIRPORT. FOUND WRECKAGE IN OCEAN. INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL. UNLIGHTED AREA.