# Accident 20120923022599A: Cessna 172B, Jacksonville, FL, September 23, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2012, 03:16 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6349° N, 72.8611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6349&lon=-72.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8059X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059X-2018-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,039 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA578](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA578) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120923022599A

## Narrative

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

SOUTHERN REGION OPERATIONS CENTER & THE NTSB REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE THAT REMNANTS OF A SMALL AIRCRAFT WAS SITED AND RECOVERED OFF THE COAST NEAR JACKSONVILLE. REPORTS INDICATED THE PIECE, A WING SECTION CONTAINING THE FUEL TANK WAS RECOVERED FROM A FISHING BOAT AND PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WAS, THAT OF A CESSNA 172, REPORTED MISSING FROM HERLONG AIRPARK. LOCAL RADAR TRACKING SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT, N8059X, WAS LOST OFF THE RADAR SOMEWHERE AROUND 0242 AM AND APPEARED TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 22 MILES OFF THE NORTHERN COAST CONSISTENT WITH A LIMITED DEBRIS PATH. THE COAST GUARD PROVIDED SEARCH & RESCUE & RESCUE ATTEMPTS WERE ENDED. FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED WHEREAS, A DUVAL COUNTY SHERIFF RESPONDED AND WENT TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE HANGAR IS STORED, LOCATING A SUICIDE NOTE INSIDE THE OWNERS VEHICLE. PICTURES AND RECORDED INFORMATION ON FILE WAS PROVIDED TO CESSNA AIRCRAFT FROM THIS OFFICE AND INDICATES THE PART RECOVERED WAS DETERMINED TO BE THAT OF THE AIRCRAFT PRESUMED CRASHED AND THE OWNER DECEASED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS BEING CLOSED BY ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED PENDING FUTURE INFORMATION AND OR RECOVERED AIRCRAFT DEBRIS.

## 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 ERA12LA578](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA578), Sep 23, 2012: Cessna 172B (N8059X), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s suicidal act.

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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