- Date
- November 8, 1978
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7208GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4032 78/11/8 NR.CHAMBLEE,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N7208G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 57, 16494 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB PEACHTREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSCLE SHOALS,AL ATHENS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOC APCH.AFTR BREAKING OUT COULD SEE RWY BUT NEITHER END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7208G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb Peachtree
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