- Date
- February 18, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N35594Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830218007589A
- Case key
- 6013
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a parked van while taxiing from landing at mccollum airport,Marietta,GA. The acft was being demonstrated to a prospective buyer who was in the left front seat with the owner in the right seat. After a flight fromatlanta,GA they landed at mccollum. As the acft neared the taxiway after landing the pilot stated he attempted to turn to the right at 5 mph. Right rudder and partial right brake were applied by the left seat pilot. When it became apparentthat the radius of turn was too large full right brake was applied by both pilots with reportedly no response. The left wing of the acft struck the windshield of a van parked one foot to the left of the taxiway. No malfunctions could be found in the right brake or the steering system during the investigation. However, the left brake was inoperative and fluid was leaking from its cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35594
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2072426
- Airframe hours
- 2,260
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Haydn M. Welsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1982 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccollum, runway 27, 4,580 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 7 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 8 nm away
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 N35594 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.