# Incident 20001212022609I: Cessna 172L, Lagrange, GA, December 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2000, 20:40 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0393° N, 85.0313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaGrange, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0393&lon=-85.0313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7067Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7067Q-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,058 total, 21 in this make and model, 246 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001212022609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED CARROLTON, GA. FOR PINE MOUNTAIN, GA. THE WEATHER WAS OVERCAST AT THE TIME OF THE TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT NOT LONG AFTER TAKE-OFF THE LIGHTS FLICKERED. HE CHECKED THE AMP METER AND IT LOOKED FINE. HE WAS CLEARED BY CSG APP FOR THE VOR-A APPROACH TO PINE MOUNTAIN. ONE OF THE VORS INDICATIONS LOOKED NORMAL BUT THE OTHER DID NOT. HE FLEW THE RADIO THAT APPEARED TO HIM THAT HAD THE CORRECT INDICATION. THE CONTROLLER TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS TWO MILES SOUTH OF COURSE AND HE SAID THAT HIS CDI WAS CENTERED. CSG APP TOLD HIM TO PROCEED TO THE NDB AND SHOOT THE NDB APPROACH. HE FLEW TO THE NDB AND TURNED OUT BOUND AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE LOST HIS ALTERNATOR. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS WERE DIM. HE REPORT THAT HIS ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED SO THEY VECTORED HIM FOR THE ILS AT LA GRANGE. THE CONTROLLER WAS GETTING VERY WEAK AND ALSO THE LIGHTS. HE SOON LOST ATC AND LIGHTS IN THE A/C. HIS WIFE HELD A FLASHLIGHT SO HE COULD SEE HIS INSTRUMENTS. HE LET DOWN AND THE ONLY THING HE SAW WAS I-85. HE LANDED ON I-85. MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C.

## Other reports on N7067Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110303007409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110303007409A), Mar 3, 2011: Cessna 172L (N7067Q), Fayetteville, GA, Substantial damage. The winds at the time of the accident were approximately 120/15. The pilot initially made an approach to landing to runway 31 (downwind) and initiated a go…
- [Incident 19871011063649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871011063649I), Oct 11, 1987: Cessna 172L (N7067Q), Rapid City, SD. Engine ran rough in mountainous terrain. Landed on a ranch. Exhaust valve head broken off.

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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