- Date
- August 4, 1983, 02:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Enosburg Falls, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5326RCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804038679A
- Case key
- 35116
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that when he was on final to land on a dark night, the acft had electrical failure & he had no lights. He reported that this occurred when he had started his flare & that was all he could remember until after he had regained consciousness after the accident. Witnesses reported that the plt made 3 attempts to land. After the 3rd attempt, the acft crashed into a small building, located aprx 75 ft south of rwy 27. The rwy was unlighted. It was bordered along the south side by a row of mobile homes & parked acrft. Reportedly, the plt had landed there before at night while the mobile home lights were on, but during this landing (at aprx 0230 EDT), the lights were not on. Five hours after the accident, the pilot's blood alcohol level was 0.043%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5326R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17252851
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy L. Mcallister
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 4, 1982
- Departed
- BTV · Burlington, VT
- Airport
- 3B8 · Enosburg Falls, Vt, runway 27, 2,200 × 25 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 1,600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.