Cessna 172N N8091E

Summary

On 26 September 1982 at about 06:30 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N8091E, operated by Daytona Beach Aviation, was involved in an accident near Oak Hill, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 September 1982 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Oak Hill, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N8091E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daytona Beach Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Daytona Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA82FLA07

2 people were seriously injured.

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 AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE FLYING IN FOG AND RAIN ON A DARK NIGHT. THIS OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT CANCELED HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER COULD REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THE CRASH. THE PILOT STATED THE WEATHER WAS VFR. THE PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THEY WERE CLEAR OF CLOUDS UNTIL NORTH OF MELBOURNE, FL. HE RECALLED THAT AT ABOUT 0200 EDT, THEY FLEW INTO HEAVY CLOUDS WITH LIGHT RAIN. THEREAFTER, HE COULD NOT RECALL WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SUSPECTED POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. HOWEVER, AN INSPECTION OF THE HEATER MUFF AND EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS MADE AND ONLY ONE SMALL CRACK WAS FOUND WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE EXHAUST TAILPIPE OUTBOARD OF THE HEATER MUFF SHROUD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.