- Date
- August 19, 1987, 09:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Camilia, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7559TCessna 172A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870819046799A
- Case key
- 7313
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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
This flt had been delayed several days due to poor weather in the area. On the day of the flt the plt waited until the local area fog had dissipated before departing the private air strip. The acft was heard above the clouds about five miles from the crash site. Witnesses at the crash site also reported hearing the aircraft circling overhead. Only one of them got a glimpse of it just above the tops of the trees. Clouds were at tree top height in the area. The acft was in its third circle when it struck the ground and a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7559T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47159
- Airframe hours
- 4,514
- Engine
- Continental O-300C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C.C.Mc Connell
- Registered owner
- Charles W Allen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Camilia, GA
- Destination
- AAF · Apalachicola, 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 44 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 250 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY, 30 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.