# NTSB MIA83LA150: Cessna 207, N75773, Sebring, FL, May 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1983, 05:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Coordinates: 27.490663, -81.450813 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4907&lon=-81.4508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30891
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30891/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA150

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear - loss,total (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE HEARD A 'THUMP' WHEN HE WAS TAKING OFF FROM ORLANDO WEST ARPT, BUT ATTRIBUTED IT TO THE GRASS STRIP. WHEN HE LANDED AT SEBRING ARPT, HE HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE & ELECTED TO GO AROUND. HE DECIDED THE NOSEWHEEL WAS GONE, SO ON THE NEXT LANDING, THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN. HE THEN ALLOWED THE NOSE TO SETTLE & SLID TO A STOP. REPORTEDLY, THE NOSEWHEEL WAS LOST SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE LANDING, THE STRUT WAS BENT AFT & THE TIPS OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT. ALSO, THE SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATOR'S REPORTED THAT THE PLT'S DOOR APPEARED TO HAVE COME OFF IN FLT, ALL OF THE SEATS WERE MISSING EXCEPT THE PLT'S & MARIJUANA RESIDUE WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75773](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75773), registered now, S/N 20700643, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna T207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (registry code 2073615) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520-M](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (registry code 17266, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700643
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles Gary Fisher
- Registered owner: San Andros Development Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: X30, ORLANDO, FL
- Airport: SEF, Sebring, runway 18, 5,000 × 300 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 11,730 total, 6 in this make and model, 11,730 as pilot in command, 260 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830531021979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830531021979A), May 31, 1983: Cessna T207A, Sebring, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft made landing with nose wheel and door missing, also only one seat in aircraft and marijuana residue.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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