ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225450
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| Date: | Saturday 25 May 2019 |
| Time: | 09:23 |
| Type: |  Cessna TR182 Turbo Skylane RG |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6123T |
| MSN: | R18201910 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5363 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near McKinnon St Simons Island Airport (KSSI), Brunswick, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Savannah, GA (SAV) |
| St. Simons Isla, GA (SSI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The cross-country flight proceeded uneventfully in good weather conditions until the airplane was about 5 miles from the destination airport. The airplane had descended gradually from an en route altitude of 4,000 to 1,700 ft mean sea level (msl) over a period of about 4 minutes. However, between 1,700 ft and the second-to-last radar target at 1,300 ft msl, and between that radar target and the final target at 900 ft msl, the airplane descended 400 ft in about 4 seconds between the targets. The airplane subsequently impacted terrain in a wooded area. The tree scars and the lack of a debris path at the accident site were consistent with a near-vertical descent. Examination of the wreckage revealed no preimpact mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
The 80-year-old pilot had high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which would not be considered impairing. Some plaques were found on the pilot's thoracic aorta during his autopsy, but, due to the pilot's extensive injuries, his heart was not available for examination to determine if he had any coronary artery disease. Thus, the investigation of this accident could not determine if the pilot's medical conditions contributed to the accident. Ethanol was detected in the pilot's muscle tissue. Given the lack of ethanol in the pilot's lung tissue and the presence of n-propanol in his muscle tissue, it is likely that some or all of the identified ethanol was from sources other than ingestion. Thus, the identified ethanol did not contribute to this accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during approach for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6123T/history/20190525/1215Z/KSAV/KSSI
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N6123T
Location
Media:
yPilot dead in a plane crash on St. Simons Island on Georgia\'s coast @CNNI https://t.co/QE4DQcJNUo pic.twitter.com/TGKKWyKpID
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) May 25, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2019 15:41 | Geno | Added |
| 25-May-2019 15:57 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 21:10 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 22:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 25-May-2019 22:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-May-2019 17:33 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2020 09:36 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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