# NTSB ATL88LA101: Rockwell 112A, N1432J, Juliette, GA, January 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Juliette, GA
- Coordinates: 33.119113, -83.81903 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1191&lon=-83.8190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7713
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7713/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA101

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A TRANSMISSION CABLE OVER A RIVER AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL. THE PLT RPTD THAT HE INADVERTENTLY STALLED THE AIRPLANE WHILE TURNING TO REVERSE DIRECTION DURING AN AERIAL PHOTO FLT, AND THAT HE FELT A 'BUMP' DURING RECOVERY. AFTER RETURNING TO THE DEPARTURE ARPT, HE FOUND THAT A PORTION OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER HAD BEEN 'SAWED OFF'. A NON-PLT PAX RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING ESSENTIALLY STRAIGHT AND LEVEL WHEN THE IMPACT WAS FELT. THE PAX DID NOT HEAR ANY WARNING HORNS OR BUZZERS PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. SHE RPTD THAT SHE DID HEAR A BEEPING SOUND WHEN THE AIRPLANE LATER LANDED, THOUGH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1432J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1432J), registered now, S/N 432, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL 112A
- Registry model: [Rockwell International 112A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112a) (registry code 7630302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 432
- Airframe hours: 1021
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1D6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: 10 Minute Lube, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 1987
- Departed: MCN, MACON, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 384 total, 150 in this make and model, 310 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880120004809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120004809A), Jan 20, 1988: Gulstm 112A, Juliette, GA, Substantial damage. Flew under a powerline stretched over a river. Impact severed top portion of vertical stabilizer and rudder.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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