# Accident 20030118007039A: Cessna 172P, Edgewater, FL, January 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2003, 12:33 local time
- Place: Edgewater, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9264° N, 80.8489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9264&lon=-80.8489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65906, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65906-2003-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118007039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2003, AT 1733Z, AIRCRAFT N65906, A 1982, CE-172P, SPIRALED AND CRASHED ON AN ISLAND IN THE INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR EDGEWATER, FLORIDA FOUR FATALITIES ON BOARD OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UPSIDEDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT TAIL WAS UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. THE LEFT WING BROKE OFF DURING FLIGHT AND WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 MIA03FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03FA043), Jan 18, 2003: Cessna 172P (N65906), Edgewater, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inflight loss of control and the pilot's failure to recover from the resultant dive for unknown reasons which resulted in flight beyond the design stress limits of the airplane and…

## Other reports on N65906 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900916049479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900916049479I), Sep 16, 1990: Cessna 172P (N65906), Wahiawa, HI, Minor damage. Hard landing. Propoised and elected to go-around. Landed safely. Found nose wheel and propeller damage.
- [Incident 19880316018499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880316018499I), Mar 16, 1988: Cessna 172P (N65906), Lihue, HI. Became lost flying over the ocean. Requested help. Coast guard C130 directed him to land. Faulty VOR equipment.

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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