- Date
- August 3, 1985, 00:11 local (04:11 UTC)
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5913ACessna 172
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850803037179A
- Case key
- 12873
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.
Analysis
The aircraft was seen to depart racine, WI on August 3, for ft meyers, FL, but never arrived at its destination. On the fourth day of the search a ramp check at albany-dougherty county airport, Georgia indicated that the aircraft was refueled there at approx 1830 on aug 3. No other traces of the aircraft were found and the search was called off on aug 19, 1985.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5913A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28513
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert C. Sarkalis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- FMY · Ft. Meyers, 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.