Cessna 170A N9263A

Summary

On 4 September 1982 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 170A registered N9263A, operated by Leonard Heighton, was involved in an accident near Brunswick, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 September 1982 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brunswick, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

31.1495, -81.4805

Aircraft

Cessna 170A

Registration

N9263A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Leonard Heighton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbia → Daytona Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FA263

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM IRONTON, OH TO DAYTONA BEACH, FL WITH AN EN ROUTE STOP AT COLUMBIA, SC. HE OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTING IRONTON, BUT DID NOT UPDATE IT AFTER LANDING AT COLUMBIA. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE 2ND LEG OF THE FLIGHT IN AN AREA WHERE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD PASSED THROUGH. BASED ON THE CRUISE SPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ITS DISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTURE POINT, THE PLANE CRASHED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD OCCURRED. THE INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED IN A MARSHY AREA NEXT TO HERMITAGE ISLAND. TIRE PRINTS WERE VISIBLE AT LOW TIDE IN THE MARSHY GROUND. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED 110 FT AND HIT A LARGE PALM TREE ON THE ISLAND AND WAS DESTROYED. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED, BUT THE LEFT TANK REMAINED INTACT AND CONTAINED FUEL. AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURES WERE FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.