# Accident 19890127001489A: Cessna 172D, Cumming, GA, January 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1989, 03:43 local time
- Place: Cumming, GA
- Airport: Mathis Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1012° N, 84.1610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mathis Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1012&lon=-84.1610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2556U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2556U-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172D (registry code 2072410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 730 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890127001489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOOK OFF INTO LOW CEILING BECAME LOST IN CLOUDS. CLIMBED ON TOP. RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING VECTORS. CRASHED IN TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA083), Jan 27, 1989: Cessna 172D (N2556U), Cumming, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT VFR FLIGHT IN ADVERSE METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT NIGHT WITH AN INOPERATIVE ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND INSUFFICIENT FUEL RESERVE FOR THE INTENDED FLIGHT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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