# Accident 20010728020829A: Cessna 2105, Locksburg, AR, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 11:40 local time
- Place: Locksburg, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9769° N, 94.2414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9769&lon=-94.2414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8324Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8324Z-2002-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728020829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JULY 28, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 CDT, CESSNA 205, N8324Z, A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANE, EXPERIENCED A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR LOCKSBURG, ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO SKYWAGON AVIATION, LLC, AND WAS OPERATED BY GEORGE NELSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SUN DANCE AIR PARK (HSD) AND WAS ENROUTE TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI (JAN). PRELIMINARY INVESTIGA TION INDICATES THAT THE PILOT MAY HAVE BECOME DISORIENTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. EYEWITNESSES REPORTED DURING INTERVIEWS THAT EH AIRCRAFT CIRCLED ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND THEN DESCENDED TO THE GROUND IN A SPINNING MOTION. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL FLIGHT PATH. A POST-CRASH FIRE ERUPTED. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE AN INSTRUMENT RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA171), Jul 28, 2001: Cessna 205 (N8324Z), De Queen, AR, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of aircraft control. A contributing factor to the accident was the pilot's lack of total instrument flight time.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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