- Date
- July 15, 1982, 08:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Roswell, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6868PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820715029019A
- Case key
- 72429
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 12 minutes after takeoff the plt reported "...alternator or generator trouble" & requested to return to the arpt. He later reported that he was having radio problems. The plt was vectored to intercept the ILS rwy 20L apch course. The accident occurred about 1 mi west of the chamb outer marker. The plt did not declare an emergency. Stored radar information showed receiving transponder information until the first coast target. Disassembly of the gyro horizon & directional gyro revealed heavy rotational damage. When the plt departed the wx was 300 ft overcast with 3 mi in fog & haze. The plt was not advised of the latest reported wx. The plt noted only 4 instrument approaches in his log book in 1982, all on 3/8/82 during an IFR recurrency training flt. The CFI later reported that he did not feel that the plt was sufficiently competent on that flt to be endorsed for an instrument competency check. The plt was rusty on instruments & had difficulty on the instrument approaches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6868P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2003
- Airframe hours
- 2,165
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Dutchman Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dutchman Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Chamblee, GA
- Destination
- C · Anderson, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb Peachtree, runway 20, 5,001 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 742 total · 8 in this make and model · 651 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 5 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.