ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37970
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Date: | Thursday 15 July 1982 |
Time: | 08:55 |
Type: | Piper PA-24-250 |
Owner/operator: | Dutchman Aviation |
Registration: | N6868P |
MSN: | 24-2003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2165 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Roswell, GA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Chamblee, GA (C) |
Destination airport: | Anderson, SC (C) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ABOUT 12 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT REPORTED "...ALTERNATOR OR GENERATOR TROUBLE" & REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. HE LATER REPORTED THAT HE WAS HAVING RADIO PROBLEMS. THE PLT WAS VECTORED TO INTERCEPT THE ILS RWY 20L APCH COURSE. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 1 MI WEST OF THE CHAMB OUTER MARKER. THE PLT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. STORED RADAR INFORMATION SHOWED RECEIVING TRANSPONDER INFORMATION UNTIL THE FIRST COAST TARGET. DISASSEMBLY OF THE GYRO HORIZON & DIRECTIONAL GYRO REVEALED HEAVY ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. WHEN THE PLT DEPARTED THE WX WAS 300 FT OVERCAST WITH 3 MI IN FOG & HAZE. THE PLT WAS NOT ADVISED OF THE LATEST REPORTED WX. THE PLT NOTED ONLY 4 INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN HIS LOG BOOK IN 1982, ALL ON 3/8/82 DURING AN IFR RECURRENCY TRAINING flight. THE CFI LATER REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE PLT WAS SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT ON THAT FLT TO BE ENDORSED FOR AN INSTRUMENT COMPETENCY CHECK. THE PLT WAS RUSTY ON INSTRUMENTS & HAD DIFFICULTY ON THE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X02844 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
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21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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