ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364453
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| Date: | Sunday 29 September 1991 |
| Time: | 02:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Atlanta, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5918E |
| MSN: | 17271960 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3346 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Knoxville, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Knoxvill, TN (KDKX) |
| Chamblee, GA (KPDK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EARLY MORNING TAKEOFF FROM A RUNWAY WHERE FOG HAD FORMED. HE ATTEMPTED A MID-FIELD DEPARTURE WITH 2700 FEET OF RUNWAY, BUT ENCOUNTERED ADDITIONAL FOG DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF PROCEDURE WITH INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY TO SAFELY STOP THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 26 AND SANK IN THE RIVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ACCURATELY EVALUATE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF AND HIS DELAY IN ABORTING THE TAKEOFF PROCEDURE. A FACTOR WAS THE DARK NIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL91LA182
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1998 | N5918E | Flight School Of Gwinnett Inc | 0 | Lawrenceville, GA | |
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| 19-Mar-2024 15:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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