- Date
- August 7, 1983, 16:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7507VCessna 177RGII
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830807039379A
- Case key
- 5942
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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
Just before rotation & during climbout from rwy 26L the eng started surging. The acft made a left turn, into the wind, & the student plt attempted to land on rwy 8R. The acft became misaligned, overshot the rwy, & made a hard landing in the grass about 200 ft north of rwy 8R. No eng malf were found. However, the acft was rejected by another plt the day prior to the accident. The plt indicated that the acft was not accelerating properly, but did not write up the discrepancy. A mechanic reportedly ran the eng for the operator but could not duplicate the problem. There was no mention of the incident or any corrective action in the eng log or other operator maintenance records. The acft was 62 lbs over max gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7507V
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RGII
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0806
- Airframe hours
- 2,145
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6P, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlie Brown, doing business as Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Shaw And Holcombe Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1983 · 71 hours before
- Airport
- FTY · Fulton County, runway 8R, 5,796 × 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,057 total · 62 in this make and model · 3,930 as pilot in command · 316 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7507V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.