- Date
- September 1, 1982, 20:20 local (Sep 2, 1982, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3247ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71393
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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
During the return flt to stone mountain arpt, the plt contacted approach control & requested vectors to the gwinnett county arpt at Lawrenceville, GA. The plt reported that he had been going around thunderstorms & it was turning dark. Several minutes later the plt asked how to turn on the rwy lights & stated he had the rotating beacon in sight. A CFI at the arpt observed the plane fly over the arpt at 300 to 400 ft generally aligned with rwy 7. The rwy lights were out due to the main circuit breaker being tripped by lightning. The acft was then observed entering a wings level, steep descent which continued until the acft was obscured from view by rain & fog. The wreckage was located about 1/4 mi east of the departure end of rwy 7. The flap actuator was in the mechanical position corresponding to a 40 deg flap setting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3247A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25891
- Airframe hours
- 930
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin A. Buchanan Jr.
- Registered owner
- Franklin A. Buchanan Jr.
- Departed
- 00A · Stone Mountain, GA
- Destination
- 00A · Stone Mountain, GA
- Airport
- 17A · Gwinett County, runway 7, 4,000 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,047 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 172 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 20 nm away