- Date
- October 10, 1981
- Place
- Eustis, FL · EUSTIS, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N20081Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811010066399A
- Case key
- 123108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3365 81/10/10 EUSTIS,FL CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1766 TIME - 0545 N20081 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-FLORIDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUSTIS,FL WALKER'S CAY,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FM UNLIT ARPT,DARK NGT.HIT CESSNA 150,N68334/PIPER PA-28,N56648/ERCO,N2418H.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20081
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mid-Florida
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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.