Cessna 172RG accident near Waveland, MS
On June 15, 2001, a Cessna 172RG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Waveland, MS. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 15, 2001
- Place
- Waveland, MS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172RG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.288°N, 89.369°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010621X01227
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 15, 2001, about 0730 central daylight time, a Cessna 172RG, N4734R, registered to Omega Protein, Inc., collided with trees then a house near Waveland, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91, fish-spotting flight. The airplane was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot, the sole occupant, suffered fatal injuries. There were no injuries to an occupant in the house. The flight originated about 0540, from Shade Tree Airstrip, near Gulfport, Mississippi. The pilot was employed by Omega Protein, Inc., to spot fish and relay that information to fishing boats. The accident pilot and another company pilot departed in separate airplanes, one after the other from Shade Tree Airstrip for a planned 4-hour fish-spotting flight. A third company pilot departed from St. Elmo, Alabama (2R5), about 0545, for the same purpose. The pilot that departed about the same time as the accident pilot from the same airport reported air-to-air communications were established with the accident pilot after takeoff, when the flights were clear of the airport area. The flights of the three company airplanes continued and about 0720, someone asked the accident pilot his location; he responded that he was east of a location called Cat Island, and he wanted to suspend fish spotting for the duration of the shift. The pilot who had departed with the accident pilot reported that the accident pilot's voice during this transmission was "weak" sounding. Both other company pilots reported that it was discussed
Probable cause
The incapacitation of the pilot (cardiovascular) resulting in his inability to fly the airplane and subsequent in-flight collision with trees then a house.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
