- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Folkston, GA · FOLKSTON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9197MCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916036609A
- Case key
- 133655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3105 79/9/16 NR.FOLKSTON,GA CESSNA 182P CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, TIME - 2310 N9197M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 587 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CITY,FL FOLKSTON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 77 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT DEPARTED CENTERVILLE,IA ABOUT 0700CDT 9/16/79,FLEW OVER 10HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9197M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Davis Field
N9197MRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Cessna 182PAirframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.