Cessna 172P N63836

Summary

On 5 November 1982 at about 00:20 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N63836, operated by CUB Club, Inc., was involved in an accident near Near Myakka Cit, Florida, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 November 1982 at 00:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Myakka Cit, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N63836

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

CUB Club, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kissimmee → Ft. Myers

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA83FA022

6 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 PLT WAS WX BRIEFED FOUR TIMES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE & AGAIN ONE MINUTE AFTER TAKEOFF AT 1821 WHEN HE ACTIVATED HIS FLT PLAN. HE WAS ADVISED THAT A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SE ALONG ST. PETERSBURG & TAMPA, & THE AREA WAS IMC AT THE TIME. AT 1916 THE PLT CALLED FORT MYERS APPROACH CONTROL REPORTING HE WAS LOST & FLYING IN WX. AT 1920 WITNESSES ON THE GROUNDOBSERVED THE ACFT CIRCLING IN & OUT OF CLOUDS ABOUT 300 FT AGL & THEN CRASH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.