# NTSB MIA66A0045: Cessna 205, N4819U, St Simons Isle, GA, October 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 22, 1965
- Place: St Simons Isle, GA · ST SIMONS ISLE, GA
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175818
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4819U-1965-12-21), registration cancelled 1965-12-21, S/N 205-0519 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5A(205A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5a-205a) (registry code 2073204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mckinnon Airport

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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