# NTSB ATL81FA040: Cessna 180K, N2954K, Statesboro, GA, February 1, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 1, 1981
- Place: Statesboro, GA · STATESBORO, GA
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 27, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126911
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL81FA040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0426   81/2/1    STATESBORO,GA       CESSNA 180K         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 5300
        TIME - 1753                    N2954K              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL SURVEY             TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STATESBORO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          STATESBORO,GA               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SHALLOW DSCNT,CRASHED WO CHGG ATTITUDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2954K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2954K-1983-11-15), registration cancelled 1983-11-15, S/N 18053137 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Registry model: [Cessna 180K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (registry code 2072624) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Statesboro

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.

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