# Accident 20061006023729A: Cessna 177, Stockbridge, GA, October 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2006, 09:45 local time
- Place: Stockbridge, GA
- Airport: Berry Hill Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5375° N, 84.1853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5375&lon=-84.1853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2320Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2320Y-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 692 total, 309 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061006023729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 6, 2006, AT 0945 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 177 CARDINAL, N2320Y, S/N 17700120, 1967, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , A PRIVATE OWNER WHO HELD COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA O^, AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED INTO A TREE AND POWERLINES DURING CLIMB OUT FROM BERRY HILL AIRPORT (4A0), STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. A WITNESS, WHO IS AN FAA CERTIFIED PILOT AND WAS LOCATED AT THE AIRPORT, REPORTED THAT THE PILOT CONDUCTED A PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE WITNESS ASKED THE PILOT IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE LIMITS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. THE PILOT RESPONDED THAT HE FELT CONDIFENT THAT IT WAS. THE WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT CHECKED HIS FUEL BY "DIPPING" THE TANKS WITH A GLASS ROD AND THE RESULT INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 FULL. AFTER THE AIRPLANE WAS BOARDED, THE PILOT CONDUCTED A RUN-UP AND TAXIED TO RUNWAY 29.

## 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 ATL07FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA002), Oct 6, 2006: Cessna 177 (N2320Y), Stockbridge, GA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted takeoff over the allowable takeoff gross weight of the airplane and his failure to maintain airspeed during climb after takeoff.

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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