# NTSB CHI84FA058: Cessna 207, N208JP, Put-In-Bay, OH, December 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1983, 21:30 local (Dec 10, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Put-In-Bay, OH
- Location: 41.6533° N, 82.8175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Put-in-Bay, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6533&lon=-82.8175&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA058

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT & 3 PASSENGERS TOOK OFF AT NIGHT ON AN OVER WATER FLT TO AN ISLAND IN LAKE ERIE TO PROVIDE HELP TO A HEART PATIENT. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED & NO RECORD OF A WX BRIEFING WAS FOUND. REPORTEDLY, AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT DISAPPEARED IN A CLOUD OR HAZE. ALSO AFTER DEPARTING, SHERIFF'S PERSONNEL RECEIVED A RADIO CALL FROM THE ACFT STATING 'WE ARE IN IT.' ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, THERE WAS PATCHY FOG IN THE AREA. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE PLANE WAS FOUND IN LAKE ERIE ALONG THE EXPECTED ROUTE OF FLT. THE ACFT WAS INTACT, EXCEPT THE ENG WAS LOOSE FROM THE FIREWALL & THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT, OUTER WING PANEL. NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION/FAILURE WAS FOUND. ABOUT 45 MI WEST AT TOLEDO, OH, THE 2150 WX IN PART WAS: 1500 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY VARIABLE 1 TO 2 MI WITH FOG, TEMP 32, DEW POINT 31, WIND FROM 330 DEG AT 4 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N208JP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208JP-2007-06-15), registration cancelled 2007-06-15, S/N 20700060, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna T207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (registry code 2073612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T20700060
- Airframe hours: 8534
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Island Airlines
- Registered owner: Travlier Taxi, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 4, 1983, 50 hours before
- Departed: OH30, PUT-IN-BAY, OH
- Destination: 89D, KELLEYS ISLAND, OH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 809 total, 54 in this make and model, 671 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 330° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TOL, 45 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831209075299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831209075299A), Dec 9, 1983: Cessna T207, Put In Bay, OH, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Crashed into cold lake waters at night with fog in area. No mechanical defects found. Exposure and drowning fatals.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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