- Date
- April 9, 1983, 20:20 local (Apr 10, 1983, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6418VCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830409015339A
- Case key
- 30774
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed about 8 miles from the intended destination during weather on a dark night. The plt had gone outbound that afternoon with two passengers who did not return with him because of motion sickness. According to the one of his former instructors the plt had a tendency to 'press the weather.' He had been advised not to fly on this day and his relatives asked him not to try the return trip because of darkness and weather. He went anyway because of an impending trip the next day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C172RG0679
- Airframe hours
- 368
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carstensen, Louis W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Cedar Key, FL
- Destination
- OJ8 · Archer, FL
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 500 in this make and model · 478 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.