- Date
- March 18, 1984, 19:15 local (Mar 19, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53655Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318007409A
- Case key
- 6314
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt was having trouble with his radios, electrical system, fuel/eng gages & ammeter, so he turned off his electrical equipment & prepared to make an emergency landing. Because he was afraid of fuel exhaustion, his spacing behind another acft in the landing pattern was close & he encountered wake turbulence as he flared. The rgt wing hit theground & the acft slid to a stop. An exam revealed that the battery was dead, there was a faulty battery contactor & the starter was engaged. During a test flt after repairs, the alternator control unit malfunctioned. It was changed & no further discrepancies were noted.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53655
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274796
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Russell H. Bellmor
- Registered owner
- Steve E. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TV1 · Thomasville, GA
- Destination
- 8A4 · Marietta, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ATL · Atlanta/Thl, runway 27L, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 372 total · 40 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.