ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 378187
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Date: | Sunday 28 October 1984 |
Time: | 18:39 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-38-112 |
Owner/operator: | Carpet Capital Aviation |
Registration: | N91365 |
MSN: | 38-82A0017 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1129 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cumming, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Gainsville, GA (KGVL) |
Destination airport: | Dalton, GA (KDNN) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DESPITE A FSS FORECAST OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS THE PLT DEPARTED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE WX SITUATION FOR HIMSELF. CONDITIONS WERE AS FORECASTED AND THE PLT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT FROM WHICH HE HAD DEPARTED. DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM BEHIND THE FLT A RETURN WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THE PLT THEN DECIDED TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN UNIMPROVED FIELD WHICH APPEARED SMOOTH WHEN HE HAD OVERFLOWN IT. THE TERRAIN PROVED TO BE ROUGHER THAN ANTICIPATED CAUSING THE ACFT TO NOSE DOWN DURING THE ROLLOUT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL85LA021 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ATL85LA021
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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