- Date
- December 10, 1982, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Heflin, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22199Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821210063609A
- Case key
- 71003
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a pleasure flight the pilot experienced a fluctuation in his alternator indicator. Soon afterwards the alternator panel warning light came on. The pilot assumed his battery had gone dead after his radio lights also ceased to operate. At that point the weather was deteriorating, and the pilot chose to make an emergency landing. As the aircraft landed the left wing tip hit a bank tearing the wing loose. The aircraft suffered substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22199
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7990070
- Airframe hours
- 1,283
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don E. Hogan
- Registered owner
- Anniston Executive Aviation
- Departed
- C · Fitzgerald, GA
- Destination
- C · Anniston, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 44 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
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 N22199 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.