# NTSB ATL83LA372: Piper PA-22-150, N7829D, Jonesboro, GA, September 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1983, 19:12 local (23:12 UTC)
- Place: Jonesboro, GA
- Coordinates: 33.519927, -84.350692 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5199&lon=-84.3507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA372
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA372

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - water (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE LOCAL AREA AND CAME IN TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING THE 2ND TAKEOFF THE ENGINE MISSED. HE LANDED AND DID A MAGNETO CHECK THEN ANOTHER TAKEOFF WAS ATTEMPTED. AT ABOUT 150 FT AGL THE ENGINE LOST 400 RPM AND THEN QUIT. TWO WITNESSES SAID THEY THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BADLY BEFORE THE LAST TAKEOFF THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FLUID DRAINED FROM THE CARBURETOR BOWL AND THE FUEL STRAINER. THE PLT SAID HE HAD A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DATED 1/83. FAA'S RECORDS BRANCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY REPORTED THAT THEIR MUST RECENT MEDICAL FOR HIM WAS 1973.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7829D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7829D-1989-11-18), registration cancelled 1989-11-18, S/N 225475 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-5475
- Airframe hours: 2998
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Robert Burns
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 22, 1983, 3 hours before
- Airport: 9A7, South Expressway, runway 6, 2,700 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 10,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 2,900 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830917051949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917051949A), Sep 17, 1983: Piper PA22150, Jonesboro, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on third takeoff. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing. Water found in fuel strainer.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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