- Date
- February 20, 1975
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N456BCCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750220008639A
- Case key
- 148224
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0770 75/2/20 TAMPA,FL CESSNA 182J CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 105 TIME - 0120 N456BC PX- 1 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETER O KNIGHT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FL TAMPA,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT DID NOT MONITOR FLT INSTRUMENTS,EXCESSIVE DSCNT NOT DETECTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N456BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Peter O Knight
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.