- Date
- July 26, 1977
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16536Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770726025439A
- Case key
- 145885
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2857 77/7/26 ATLANTA,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1039 N16536 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 33, 4070 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1447 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB-PEACHTREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16536
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dekalb-Peachtree
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.