# Accident 20200106003309A: Cessna 172H, Newborn, GA, January 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2020, 14:15 local time
- Place: Newborn, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4944° N, 83.6425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4944&lon=-83.6425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1612F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1612F-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 359 total, 359 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200106003309A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1238 EST ^MR. MILWOOD ASHLEY DEKLE,^ HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE ^3242200,^  DEPARTED TOCCOA  AIRPORT, KTOC, FOR CAIRO-GRADY COUNTY AIRPORT,70J. AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 EST ^MR. DEKLE'S^ AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N1216F, CRASHED NEAR NEWBORN, GA IN A WOODED FIELD. ^MR. DEKLE,^ A PRIVATE PILOT, PERISHED IN THE ACCIDENT. HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD. THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. THE WINGS, ENGINE, EMPENNAGE AND TAIL WERE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND LAID IN THE 150' DEBRIS FIELD. SEVERAL LARGE TREES HAD BEEN IMPACTED AND BROKEN IN HALF, THE LARGEST MEASURING 22'' IN DIAMETER. POST ACCIDENT THE AIRCRAFT PATH WAS DISCOVERED ON OPSVUE AND INDICATED A STRANGE CIRCLING FLIGHT TRACK TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE.

## 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 ERA20FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20FA068), Jan 6, 2020: Cessna 172 (N1612F), Newborn, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s impairment/incapacitation from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a degraded muffler. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to properly maintain the airplane.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.