# NTSB FTW82FRD10: Cessna 207, N73013, Franklinton, LA, May 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Franklinton, LA
- Location: 30.8482° N, 90.1459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklinton, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8482&lon=-90.1459&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FRD10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70748/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD10

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73013-1984-12-21), registration cancelled 1984-12-21, S/N 20700554 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700554
- Airframe hours: 1134
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820505016249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820505016249A), May 5, 1982: Cessna 207, Franklinton, LA, Destroyed. Aircraft was flying at low level when it hit tree and crashed into a pond.

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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