- Date
- January 9, 1981
- Place
- Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8442SCessna 182H
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810109001069A
- Case key
- 127012
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0725 81/1/9 GAINESVILLE,FL CESSNA 182H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 780 TIME - 2140 N8442S PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 676 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE RGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,AL GAINESVILLE,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) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- VIS RSTRD BY SMOKE & HAZE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8442S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gainesville Rgnl
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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.