- Date
- March 18, 1984, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Rome, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2387LBeech BE-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318006029A
- Case key
- 6425
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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
The acft lost power in the traffic pattern and forced landed off the arpt. The weather was conducive to carburetor icing. The plt said he applied carburetor heat after reducing power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2387L
- Reported as
- Beech BE-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-228
- Airframe hours
- 2,309
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lumpkin Motor Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 21, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- RM6 · Richard B. Russel, runway 18, 6,500 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 8 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
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 N2387L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.