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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172H · Ellijay, GA · August 8, 1984

Date
August 8, 1984 · 01:45 local
Place
Ellijay, GA
Airport
Gilmer Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3272L
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL84FA247
Reported as
Cessna 172H
Reported engine
Continental O300D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total15 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck trees on final trying to land with runway obscured by dense ground fog. Fuel tanks were near empty.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES ON FINAL TRYING TO LAND WITH RUNWAY OBSCURED BY DENSE GROUND FOG. FUEL TANKS WERE NEAR EMPTY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.