NEAR MYAKKA CIT, FL, USA
N63836
CESSNA 172P
THE PLT WAS WX BRIEFED FOUR TIMES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE & AGAIN ONE MINUTE AFTER TAKEOFF AT 1821 WHEN HE ACTIVATED HIS FLT PLAN. HE WAS ADVISED THAT A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SE ALONG ST. PETERSBURG & TAMPA, & THE AREA WAS IMC AT THE TIME. AT 1916 THE PLT CALLED FORT MYERS APPROACH CONTROL REPORTING HE WAS LOST & FLYING IN WX. AT 1920 WITNESSES ON THE GROUNDOBSERVED THE ACFT CIRCLING IN & OUT OF CLOUDS ABOUT 300 FT AGL & THEN CRASH.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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