- Date
- December 9, 1986, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2464DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861209067019A
- Case key
- 7272
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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
Although there were no witnesses to the crash, one witness did observe the acft taxiing at a very slow speed toward the dept end of the rwy. Abt 30 mins later the wreckage was fd in a fld east of the airstrip. Exam indicated it collided w the gd in a near vertical attitude similar to an acft that had stalled aft tkof. The #5 exh valve was found seized in the open position. Conditions were conducive to carb ice and the plt handbook cautions against carb ice forming on the gd at idle speeds. In addition, rcds indicated the act was authrzd use of auto fuel and an FAA ac indicated carb ice forms in less time and at higher temps than av gas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2464D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20616
- Airframe hours
- 4,082
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul & Terry Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1986 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- Madison, GA
- Airport
- runway 9, 1,650 × 20 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,144 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 30 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.