Cessna TR182 accident near Cedar Key, FL
On February 11, 2002, a Cessna TR182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cedar Key, FL. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 11, 2002
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna TR182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.137°N, 83.050°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020214X00217
Official records · MIA02FA059
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 10, 2002, about 2000 eastern standard time, a Cessna TR182, N5136S, owned by Flying Professionals Inc., and operated by an individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed into the water's of the Gulf of Mexico, shortly after takeoff from the Cedar Key Airport, Cedar Key, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial-rated pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. The flight was originating at the time, and was en route to Gainesville, Florida. The airplane had departed Gainesville at 1630, that same day, with four persons on board for the flight to Cedar Key, in order for the occupants to have dinner at a restaurant. The occupants ate dinner at the restaurant and, according to employees at the restaurant; the pilot did not consume alcohol. The occupants returned to the airport by taxi around 1945. A witness, who was an airport resident and a pilot, stated that he observed the airplane's navigation lights, and heard the engine "...with full power sound," after the airplane departed the runway. He stated "...at an altitude of approximately 150 feet, the airplane made an abrupt left descending turn of about 45 degrees." The witness also pointed out a memorial located at the end of runway 23, which had been placed there after a 1980 aircraft accident, that warned pilots that a horizon "will not be present" during a night takeoff to the west. An NTSB Air Traffic Control/Operational Factors investigator requested radar data. He reported that he had ob
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation resulting in the airplane descending and colliding with water. A factor in the accident was a dark night .
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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.
