# Accident 20010118000759A: Cessna 172, Atlanta, GA, January 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2001, 23:10 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8190° N, 84.6396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8190&lon=-84.6396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43PD-2001-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010118000759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18TH, BETWEEN 1100 AND 1115 HOURS LOCAL AIRCRAFT N43PD PILOTED BY MR. TOM EBY HIT THE TREES 2.5 TO 3.0 MILES OFF OF RUNWAY 8 AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT (FTY). THE A/C WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THE LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8. MR. EBY WAS GIVING INFORMAL INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION TO  MR. ERIC HEIMBRECHT  WHO WAS FLYING AS AN OBSERVER IN THE LEFT SEAT AND  MR. TIMOTHY CHORBA  WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AS A PASSENGER. STATEMENT MADE TO THE LOCAL POLICE, THE FAA, AND NTSB BY  MR. EBY  THAT THE A/C HAD EXPERIENCED A PITOT STATIC CYCTEM FAILURE. THIS CAUSING HIS VSI AND ALTIMETER TO READ UNRELIABLE, THUS THE CAUSE FOR BEING TOO LOW AND STRIKING THE TREES AT 1299'. ATTACHED NTSB#ATL01LA023

## 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 ATL01LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA023), Jan 19, 2001: Cessna 172SP (N43PD), Austell, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilots failure to follow instrument flight procedures and descended below the published the minimum descent altitude and subsequently collided with trees short of the runway.

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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