ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13994
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Date: | Friday 15 February 1980 |
Time: | 20:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
Owner/operator: | Cairo Flying C |
Registration: | N5558J |
MSN: | 32-1022 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cedar Key, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | KCDK |
Destination airport: | Cairo, GA |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Pilot inadvertently flew into water after night takeoff over water.
There is a large plaque placed at the southwest gate of the airport that reads:
"NOTICE VFR PILOTS
You may lose your horizon
after departure over Gulf
Dedicated in memory of
GARY & DARINDA ELKINS
BILL & SYBIL WARDLAW
by their friends in Cairo, Grady County, GA 2-15-80"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA80FA033 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
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