- Date
- March 13, 1983, 23:29 local (Mar 14, 1983, 04:29 UTC)
- Place
- Chamblee, GA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2372MPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830313007159A
- Case key
- 5898
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft overran the departure end of the rwy during landing rollout on a dark night. The weather was VMC. The pilot misunderstood atlanta approach control concerning rwy lighting and picked a rwy at the uncontrolled arpt that was unlighted. It intersected a lighted rwy (rwy 02 & 20). The plt attempted a landing on rwy 16 beyond what he thought was threshold lights. He never saw rwy numbers. Upon flare for landing he lost visual reference with the rwy environment. After landing he retracted the flaps but did not brake heavily thinking he had about 2500 ft in which to stop. When the end of the rwy appeared he was unable to stop. Dekalb-peachtree arpt is controlled until 2300 EST at which time the tower frequency is remoted to atlanta approach control. Rwy 16 was unlighted and the VASI was found out of service the day after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2372M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816279
- Airframe hours
- 1,861
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Red Baroness Squardon,Inc
- Registered owner
- Pete'S Planes,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 9, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
- Destination
- PDK
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree, runway 16, 3,966 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 560 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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