- Date
- December 30, 1980
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N739YPCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3646 80/12/30 NR.CEDAR KEY,FL CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 115 TIME - 1910 N739YP PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS CEDAR KEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR KEY,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DARK NIGHT TKOF TOWARD OCEAN.DESCENDED INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739YP
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lewis Cedar Key
N739YPRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.