- Date
- September 3, 1983, 21:26 local (Sep 4, 1983, 01:26 UTC)
- Place
- St. Simons Isl., GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4992SPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830903067929A
- Case key
- 6195
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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
During arrival, the plt began an apch to rwy 04 on a dark night. The apch to the rwy was over a bay inlet & river confluence. The plt thought that the acft was high when it was on final approach. However it collided with trees, impacted on a road short of the rwy, then slid thru a perimeter fence. A toxicological check of the plt's blood indicated an alcohol level of 0.18%. The rwy has a 1000 ft displaced threshold due to obstacles. No VASI lights were installed, but the medium intensity rwy lights & rwy end indentification lights were operating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4992S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35717
- Airframe hours
- 2,222
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chancy A. H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1983
- Departed
- 55J · Fernandino Bch.
- Airport
- SSI · Malcolm-Mckinnon, runway 4, 5,406 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 102 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.