# Accident 20020210005229A: Cessna TR182, Cedar Key, FL, February 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Airport: George T. Lewis Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1375° N, 83.0497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1375&lon=-83.0497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5136S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5136S-2004-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020210005229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 FROM GEORGE T. LEWIS AIRPORT (CDK) CEDAR KEY, FL WITH THREE PASSENGERS. THE AIRPORT WAS REPORTED TO BE VFR, BUT VERY DARK WITH NO STARS VISIBLE AND SOME HAZE REPORTED OVER THE WATER. WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET, THEN MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT 45 DEGREE DESCENDING TURN IMPACTING THE WATER SURFACE AT TAKEOFF SPEED.(.19) ON FEBRUARY 10, 2002, ABOUT 2000 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA TR182, N5136S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY FLYING PROFESSIONALS INC., AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE CEDAR KEY AIRPORT, CEDAR KEY, FLORIDA,. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE COMMERCIAL RATED-PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME EN ROUTE TO GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED GAINESVILLE AT 1630, WITH FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD FOR THE FLIGHT TO CEDAR KEY, IN ORDER FOR THE OCCUPANTS TO HAVE DINNER AT A RESTAURANT. THE OCCUPANTS WERE SEEN AT A RESTAURANT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT BY TAXI AROUND 1945. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TAKE OFF TOWARD THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THEN CRASH INTO THE WATER.

## 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 MIA02FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02FA059), Feb 11, 2002: Cessna TR182 (N5136S), Cedar Key, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation resulting in the airplane descending and colliding with water. A factor in the accident was a dark night .

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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