- Date
- January 7, 1984, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Zolfo Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73180Cessna T207A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840107000479A
- Case key
- 30963
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees and the ground during takeoff in IMC weather. The visibility was zero due to ground fog. There were no known witnesses to the accident but there was evidence of a collision with a 60 ft high tree at the end of the 3000 ft rwy. It was not determined whether the plt used all of the rwy. After the collision with the tree the acft hit the ground in a left bank and cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73180
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700567
- Airframe hours
- 1,473
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles G. Fisher
- Registered owner
- Stanley R. Bateman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- X51 · Homestead, FL
- Airport
- Davis, runway 8, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,730 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 35 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.