Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28R-200 N4992S

4 September 1983 · St. Simons Isl., Georgia, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 4 September 1983 at about 01:26 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N4992S was involved in an accident near St. Simons Isl., Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:26
Classification
Accident
Location
St. Simons Isl., Georgia, United States
Nearest airport
Malcolm-McKinnon (SSI)
Coordinates
31.2092, -81.3706
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-200
Registration
N4992S
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fernandino Bch. → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
ATL83LA357

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 1 0

Probable cause

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

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT BEGAN AN APCH TO RWY 04 ON A DARK NIGHT. THE APCH TO THE RWY WAS OVER A BAY INLET & RIVER CONFLUENCE. THE PLT THOUGHT THAT THE ACFT WAS HIGH WHEN IT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH. HOWEVER IT COLLIDED WITH TREES, IMPACTED ON A ROAD SHORT OF THE RWY, THEN SLID THRU A PERIMETER FENCE. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD INDICATED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.18%. THE RWY HAS A 1000 FT DISPLACED THRESHOLD DUE TO OBSTACLES. NO VASI LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED, BUT THE MEDIUM INTENSITY RWY LIGHTS & RWY END INDENTIFICATION LIGHTS WERE OPERATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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