# Incident 20181022020539I: Cessna 172R, Atlanta, GA, October 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9LDS
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 57 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181022020539I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 22, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL 172, CALL SIGN ?N109JT? DEPARTED DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT [PDK] FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK AROUND FOR PDK CONTACTED THE TOWER AT PDK DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR LANDING. IN THE PILOT STATEMENT ONCE HE HAD THE AIRPORT MADE HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND GLIDED ONTO THE AIRPORT LANDING ON THE GRASS AND ROLLING UP ONTO RUNWAY 3 LEFT.

## Other reports on N109TJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20130308003321I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130308003321I), Mar 8, 2013: Cessna 172R (N109TJ), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. N109TJ, a CE-172, was being operated by a student pilot who taxied for departure at pdk airport. He taxied from the east side of the west ramp to the run-up…
- [Incident 20100402031419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100402031419I), Apr 2, 2010: Cessna 172R (N109TJ), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. While performing 2nd touch and go on rnwy 20R, landed left of centerline. Raised flaps and applied rt rudder to move aircraft to centerline. Moved left rudder…

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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