- Date
- May 5, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Franklinton, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73013Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820505016249A
- Case key
- 70748
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 passenger stated that after sharp turns at low altitude over a farm house they did a roll & were too low to recover prior to striking trees. The acft came to rest inverted in a 4-5 ft deep farm pond. The autopsy report shows the plt's death by asphyxia due to drowning. The passenger also stated they had also flown low over a beach & performed a roll enroute from pine bluff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73013
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700554
- Airframe hours
- 1,134
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Astro Airways Corporation
- Registered owner
- Astro Airways Corporation
- Departed
- Pine Bluff, AR
- Destination
- New Orleans, LA
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,020 total · 4,020 in this make and model · 4,020 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.