# NTSB MIA84FA038: Cessna 172RG, N9682B, Cross City, FL, December 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1983, 19:12 local (Dec 2, 1983, 00:12 UTC)
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Coordinates: 29.6301, -83.12014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6301&lon=-83.1201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30952/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA038

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF CROSS CITY THE PLT REQUESTED VFR FLT FOLLOWING FROM JACKSONVILLE ARTCC. WHILE HE WAS IN RADIO &RADAR CONTACT, THE CONTROLLER SUDDENLY LOST RADAR CONTACT WITH THE FLT. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ACFT MADE A RAPID DESCENT FROM THE CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 4,500 FT MSL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9682B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9682B-1998-02-04), registration cancelled 1998-02-04, S/N 172RG0965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0965
- Airframe hours: 425
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Napier Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 9, 1983, 55 hours before
- Departed: C31, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL
- Destination: DHN, DOTHAN, AL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 10,094 total, 94 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 41 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 19831201061369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831201061369A), Dec 1, 1983: Cessna 172RG, Cross City, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed for unknown reasons. Flight was returning from air taxi flight. Passenger drop off.

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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