- Date
- July 9, 1983, 20:45 local (Jul 10, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Roopville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6597HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830709034339A
- Case key
- 5931
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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
According to a witness, just after takeoff the acft began a left turn which suddenly steepened. The acft returned to a wings level attitude and a power reduction was heard. The acft again rolled into a left turn and the witness heard an increase in power. The left bank suddenly increased accompanied by a reduction in power. The acft passenger described the acft as veering left as the pilot began to level off. The acft felt as if it were shaking or wobbling and then it began to lose altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6597H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284182
- Airframe hours
- 984
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orr Aviation
- Registered owner
- Shelby Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Destination
- SPA · Spartanburg, SC
- Airport
- Gum Creek, runway 24, 2,300 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.