- Date
- October 22, 1965
- Place
- St Simons Isle, GA · ST SIMONS ISLE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4819UCessna 205
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175818
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0815 65/10/22 NR.ST SIMONS ISLE GA CESSNA 205 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 108 TIME - 1900 N4819U PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKINNON AIRPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- OCCUPANTS BODIES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE WATER BUT WRECKAGE OF N4819U WAS NOT SALVAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4819U
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mckinnon Airport
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