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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172A · Camilia, GA · August 19, 1987

Date
August 19, 1987 · 09:25 local
Place
Camilia, GA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7559T
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87FA235
Reported as
Cessna 172A
Reported engine
Continental O300C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
117 total44 in this make and model

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.

VFR pilot lost control of aircraft in heavy fog and collided with the ground on a farm. Not weather briefed.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN HEAVY FOG AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND ON A FARM. NOT WEATHER BRIEFED.

NTSB investigation

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