- Date
- August 28, 1982, 20:54 local (Aug 29, 1982, 00:54 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1586VCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820828045959A
- Case key
- 72200
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot departed Perry, GA on a solo cross-country flight to augusta and jessup, GA. He was expected to return to Perry at about 1600 EDT. The flight progressed uneventfully to jessup where it was delayed by a thunderstorm. After departing jessup, the pilot became lost and requested assistance from macon approach control. Subsequently, the student returned to Perry after night fall he entered the traffic pattern for landing, but got too low on final approach, contacted the top of a 100 ft pine tree, and crashed. It was learned that before departing jessup, the pilot had set his altimeter to the elevation at the Perry-fort valley airport. With that setting, the altimeter indicated about 300 ft higher than the actual altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1586V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263682
- Airframe hours
- 2,040
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- F.J. Inc.
- Departed
- JES · Jessup, GA
- Destination
- Clemson, SC
- Airport
- 54A · Perry-Fort Valley, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 7 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.