- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8177LCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916025289A
- Case key
- 132749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3818 79/9/16 ATLANTA,GA CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1540 N8177L PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 23, 1466 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRG FORCED LNDG,ROLLED OUT OF PARK AREA & HIT STREET CURB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8177L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.