- Date
- March 20, 1980
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9953ECessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800320007109A
- Case key
- 131981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0805 80/3/20 CHAMBLEE,GA CESSNA 182P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 1675 TIME - 1205 N9953E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 368 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB-PEACHTREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.MYERS,FL CHAMBLEE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 49 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- T/D ABOUT 325FT FRM DEP END OF RWY. 5HRS ACTUAL INST PRECEEDING 12MOS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9953E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- 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.