Plane Crash List

Cessna 172N N739SV

22 December 1986 · Middleburg, Florida, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 December 1986 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N739SV was involved in an accident near Middleburg, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Middleburg, Florida, United States
Coordinates
30.0502, -81.9003
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N739SV
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bonifay → St. Augustine
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MIA87FA056

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 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

THE FLT WAS RECEIVING FLT FOLLOWING SERVICES FROM JACKSONVILLE APCH CONTROL. RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST SHORTLY AFTER THE PLT REPORTED TO APCH CONTROL HE WAS DESCENDING OUT OF 4,500 FT IN PREPARATION FOR HIS LANDING AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FL. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE COULD HEAR THE ACFT FLYING LOW AND THAT THE ENG WAS RUNNING AT A STEADY CRUISING SPEED UNTIL HE HEARD THE ACFT IMPACT THE GROUND. THE WEATHER IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA WAS INSTUMENT FLT CONDITIONS. THE PLT HELD A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE WHICH HAD EXPIRED 1 YEAR AND 10 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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