- Date
- June 4, 1984, 12:16 local (16:16 UTC)
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8592TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840604022009A
- Case key
- 30997
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rotated the acft at 45 mph & lifted off at aprx 6O mph. The acft climbed to about tree top level, then it mushed as it drifted to the left. The left wing hit a tree & the acft cartwheeled & crashed. The plt said he did not compute a weight & balance profile. The acft's computed gross was 2755 lbs. The max certificated gross weight of the acft was 2650 lbs. The acft crashed after traveling about 1100 ft down the 2200 ft rwy. The plt stated that he had begun his takeoff roll on the overrun, prior to the threshold of the rwy. About 39 mi NE, at gainesville, FL, the 1155 EDT wind was from 340 deg at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8592T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52492
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas K. Fahey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,200 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 605 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 39 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.