Cessna 182 accident near Statesboro, GA
On December 8, 2021, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Statesboro, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 8, 2021
- Place
- Statesboro, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.444°N, 81.734°W
- NTSB ID
- 20211208104367
Official records · ERA22FA083
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn December 7, 2021, at 2124 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182 airplane, N5776B, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Statesboro, Georgia. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated by the pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a family member, the pilot had flown the airplane from her home airport, Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (ZPH), Zephyrhills , FL (ZPH)Florida, to the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport (TBR), Statesboro, Georgia, for a meeting and planned to return that night. The pilot owned a sky diving business that had operated out of TBR and was familiar with the area. The family member reported that during a telephone conversation that occurred about 2030, the pilot told him that the clouds were low and that she would not be flying under an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. She planned to stay at a low altitude for 10 to 15 miles after takeoff during the return trip to ZPH. Review of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data found that the airplane departed runway 14 at 2121. Shortly after takeoff, the flight track turned south, climbed to about 1,000 ft msl, which was about 800 ft agl, and then about 1.8 nautical miles south of TBR, the airplane entered a left turn. The airplane continued in a left 360° tightening turn where a maximum altitude of about 1,800 ft msl was reached, which was subsequently followed by a rapid descent. The final position recorded at 2124:32 was about 0.1-miles from the accident site and showed the airplane headed east
Probable cause
The pilot’s decision to initiate a visual flight rules flight into dark night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control shortly after takeoff.
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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.
