- Date
- April 23, 1982, 23:00 local (Apr 24, 1982, 07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4614QCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820423012349A
- Case key
- 71420
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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
In the early morning hours on 4/23/82, the aircraft departed covington, GA and proceeded on an undetermined route. At about 2300 PST that night, residents near the accident site heard the sounds of a crash. The wreckage was found the next morning about 1000 ft south-southwest of a makeshift landing strip with about 100 lbs of marijuana on board. An investigation revealed the plane had struck a tree about 300 ft southwest of the main wreckage. The makeshift strip was about 1300 ft long and was marked by flare type candles. Tire tracks were found near the wreckage. An examination of the engine revealed no precrash malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4614Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059514
- Airframe hours
- 4,490
- Engine
- Continenal IO-520L, 305 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Departed
- Covington, GA
- Airport
- Makeshift Strip, runway 36, 1,300 × 0 ft
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
- 44
- Medical
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.