- Date
- August 6, 1982, 23:52 local (Aug 7, 1982, 03:52 UTC)
- Place
- Folkston, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7379JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820806036309A
- Case key
- 70695
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed into the okefenokee swamp in se Georgia. Thunderstorms, varying in magnitude from levels 3 to 5, were moving from west of jacksonville FL to an area north of the okefenoke swamp. The storms were moving nw at 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7379J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24741
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian K. Rankin
- Registered owner
- Brian K. Rankin
- Departed
- DNL · Augusta, GA
- Destination
- Gainesville, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 21 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Observed at
- AYS, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.