# Accident 20050521010659A: Dhav DH82C, Franklin, GA, May 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2005, 11:49 local time
- Place: Franklin, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4211° N, 85.1617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4211&lon=-85.1617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82CQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82CQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH 82-C (registry code 2800125, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh-82-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DH82C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 35 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521010659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 21, 2005, AT DH-82, SINGLE ENGINE (TIGER MOTH), PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A ROAD 1/4 MILE OF GUM AIRPORT, FRANKLIN, GA. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE RIGHT WING HIT THE TOP OF SOME POWER LINES LOCATED AT THIS LOCATION, RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND CRASHING IN FRONT OF A MOBILE HOME. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WALKED OUT OF THE ACCIDENT WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AROUND 11:49 LOCAL TIME. THE OWNER OF THE TIGER MOTH, N82CQ, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRESENT DURING THE ACCIDENT AND HE STATED THAT HE SAW THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT CLIMBING HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR A BANK OF TREES ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. FEW SECONDS LATER HE SAW THE AIRPLANE ALIGNED WITH A NARROW ROAD AND SECONDS LATER VEERED TO THE RIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK BOTH PERSONS TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 ATL05LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA084), May 21, 2005: de Havilland DH-82-C (N82CQ), Franklin, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total failure of the left magneto resulting in a partial loss of engine power on initial takeoff climb, forced landing, and in-flight collision with wires and the ground.

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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