# NTSB MIA84FA056: Cessna T207A, N73180, Zolfo Springs, FL, January 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1984, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Zolfo Springs, FL
- Coordinates: 27.490659, -81.789558 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4907&lon=-81.7896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30963/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA056

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73180-1984-08-14), registration cancelled 1984-08-14, S/N 20700567 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Registry model: [Cessna T207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (registry code 2073614) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700567
- Airframe hours: 1473
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840107000479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107000479A), Jan 7, 1984: Cessna T207A, Zolfo Springs, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck trees at departure end of runway while departing in zero visibility due to heavy fog. Burned on impact.

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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