# Accident 20030918026799A: Cessna 172M, Perry, GA, September 18, 2003 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 18, 2003, 17:50 local time - Place: Perry, GA - Airport: Middle Georgia Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.4858° N, 83.7347° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4858&lon=-83.7347&mi=10 - Aircraft: N13375, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13375-2004-04-27) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M - Reported engine: LYC O320E2D - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 2,324 total, 2,300 in this make and model - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA142) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030918026799A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2003, AT 1750 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N13375, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY MR. NORMAN E. LASATER COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 36 AT THE PERRY MIDDLE-GEORGIA AIRPORT, PERRY, GEORGIA. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. MR. LASATER WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE STUDENT PILOT, MR. JOSEPH E. TURK RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE SITE REVEALED, THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ON A 164-DEGREE MAGNETIC ORIENTATION, AND WRECKAGE DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 209 FEET LONG AND ABOUT 50 FEET WIDE. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE PATH DISCOVERED FRESHLY BROKEN TREE BRANCHES ABOUT 100 FEET NORTHWEST OF THREE GROUND SCARS. THE FIRST GROUND SCAR WAS EIGHT INCHES WIDE AND 17 FEET LONG. PAINT CHIPS AND A SLIVER OF BLUE BROKEN GLASS WAS FOUND IN THE FIRST GROUND SCAR. THE SECOND GROUND SCAR, 5 FEET BY 15 FEET, WAS ADJACENT TO THE FIRST SCAR BUT ORIENTATED ON A SOUTHERN MAGNETIC HEADING. THE PROPELLER ASSEMBLY AND THE ENGINE COWLING WERE LOCATED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SECOND SCAR. THE THIRD GROUND SCAR, 8-INCHES BY 17 FEET, WAS ADJACENT TO THE SECOND GROUND SCAR AND ALSO ORIENTATED ON A SOUTHERN HEADING. PAINT CHIPS WERE ALSO SCATTERED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE GROUND SCAR, AND A RED SLIVER OF GLASS WAS DISCOVERED IN THE THIRD GROUND SCAR. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WITH THE WING ASSEMBLIES ATTACHED WAS SEVERAL FEET SOUTH OF THE THIRD GROUND SCAR, AND WAS RESTING ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED PERPENDICULAR ACCORDION CRUSH DAMAGE FROM THE LEADING EDGE TO THE FORWARD WING SPAR. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED AND THE NAVIGATION LIGHT WAS MISSING. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS DISPLACED VERTICAL, ABOUT 45-DEGREES, AND AFT INTO THE COCKPIT AREA. THE RIGHT WING ALSO SUSTAINED PERPENDICULAR ACCORDION CRUSH DAMAGE, FROM THE LEADING EDGE TO THE FORWARD WING SPAR. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS ALSO MISSING. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL BY THE CESSNA REPRESENTATIVE, MR. THOMAS TEPLIK, SHOWED A RUST COLORED CONTAMINATE AND TRACES OF WATER. MR. LASATER'S LAST KNOWN FLIGHT REVIEW WAS ON MAY 20, 2002. HE HAD LOGGED 2324.4 HOURS AND HIS LAST MEDICAL WAS SEPT 27, 2001. ## 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 ATL03FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA142), Sep 18, 2003: Cessna 172M (N13375), Perry, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane, and also causal was his failure to detect water-contaminated fuel which resulted in a loss of engine power and his failure to maintain… ## Other reports on N13375 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19970528012029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970528012029A), May 28, 1997: Cessna 172M (N13375), Perry, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed long, ran off end of runway and struck a shed. (-23) pilot with one passenger took-off from 68GA flew @ 2 NM to Perry, GA (pxe). Pilot remained… 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. 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