- Date
- June 20, 1985, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N35612Piper J5A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850620026479A
- Case key
- 6621
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Analysis
The plt took off from a private strip with his 5 yr old daughter on board. He then made several low passes by a guest house so that his daughter could wave to her grandparents. The acft was last seen headed generally in a northerly direction when it banked sharply to the right, then it disappeared behind trees. Impact occurred in a steep nose-down attitude. There was an absence of torsional damage to the propeller; one blade was straight & the other blade was bent aft. Virtually no fuel was found in the tanks, lines & carburetor. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was fnd. During an operational check with a replacement propeller, the eng was run to 2325 RPM. A check of the plt's blood showed an alcohol lvl of 0.040%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35612
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-602
- Airframe hours
- 3,022
- Engine
- Continental A-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tilton L.Chester
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Weatherly, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Cleveland, GA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 75 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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