- Date
- April 14, 1985, 20:38 local (Apr 15, 1985, 01:38 UTC)
- Place
- Casville Juct, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2580FChampion 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850414014309A
- Case key
- 6775
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While on a personal x-country flt, the acft lost power & the plt attempted a landing on a road. During the attempted landing, the acft struck a guy wire & crashed inverted on the road. A post crash exam revealed that aprx 1.5 pints of fuel was in the acft fuel system. Although the acft was inverted, there was no evidence of fuel leakage or spillage. The plt stated that he had flown the same route 5 times in the past without incident. Two days prior to the acdnt, the plt serviced the acft to its full capacity of 40 gals. He did not visually check the fuel quantity prior to departing stone mountain, GA. The plt felt that he was 'too lax' because he did not visually check the fuel quantity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2580F
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C. Lineback
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- 00A · Stone Mountain, GA
- Destination
- DAN · Danville, VA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 600 in this make and model · 1,700 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAN, 6 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.