- Date
- September 4, 1982, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9263ACessna 170A
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820904046779A
- Case key
- 70059
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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 non-instrument rated pilot was on a flight from ironton, oh to daytona beach, FL with an en route stop at columbia, SC. He obtained a weather briefing prior to departing ironton, but did not update it after landing at columbia. The aircraft crashed on the 2nd leg of the flight in an area where a line of thunderstorms had passed through. Based on the cruise speed of the aircraft and its distance from the departure point, the plane crashed at about the same time the thunderstorms had occurred. The initial impact occurred in a marshy area next to hermitage island. Tire prints were visible at low tide in the marshy ground. After the initial impact, the aircraft continued 110 ft and hit a large palm tree on the island and was destroyed. The right fuel tank was ruptured, but the left tank remained intact and contained fuel. An examination of the wreckage was made, but no preimpact malfunction or failures were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9263A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19024
- Airframe hours
- 2,834
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard Heighton
- Registered owner
- Leonard Heighton
- Departed
- C · Columbia, SC
- Destination
- C · Daytona Beach, 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 282 total · 255 in this make and model · 242 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.