- Date
- October 30, 1983, 19:30 local (Oct 31, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5236FCessna 172F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831030071219A
- Case key
- 6231
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Vfr flight into imc - initiatedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Aircraft handling - uncontrolledCause
Spatial disorientationCause
Lack of total instrument timeFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was observed entering a cloud layer about 500 ft AGL after takeoff. Another witness observed the acft's navigational lights in a circling motion as the acft plunged to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5236F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-53305
- Airframe hours
- 5,071
- Engine
- Continental O-300D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1983
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Glynco Jetport, runway 7, 8,001 × 200 ft, macadam
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 319 total · 200 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.