- Date
- October 26, 1980
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4755HCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2874 80/10/26 NR.CEDAR KEY,FL CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 53 TOTAL TIME - 2015 N4755H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGE T LEWIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FL CEDAR KEY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED AFTER FLYING OUT OVR WTR ON DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4755H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- George T Lewis
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