Cessna 172N accident near Atlanta, GA
On April 22, 1995, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Atlanta, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 22, 1995
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.740°N, 84.570°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03216
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 22, 1995, at 1109 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N3220E was substantially damaged following a collision with a smoke stack in Atlanta, Georgia. The non-instrument rated private pilot was fatally injured in the accident. The aircraft was being operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 at the time. Instrument meteorological conditions existed at the time. A visual flight rules flight plan had been filed, but not activated, by the pilot for the flight. The flight departed Runway 08 at Fulton County Airport at 1057 for a flight to Raleigh, North Carolina. The pilot of N3220E contacted the Anderson Automated Flight Service Station(AFSS), and received a full weather briefing for a flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Raleigh, North Carolina. He was advised of an area of rain and thunderstorm activity approaching the Atlanta area.(See Transcript of Telephone Conversations Between the Pilot of N3220E, and Anderson AFSS attached to this report.) The pilot was asked by personnel at the Fulton County Tower if he was aware of the Significant Meteorological Statement(SIGMET) that had been issued for the Atlanta area during his taxi for takeoff. The pilot stated that he was aware of the SIGMET.(See Transcript of Radio Conversations Between Fulton County Tower and The Pilot of N3220E attached to this report.) According to witnesses, the aircraft was heard flying in the clouds just prior to the collision. The witnesses heard the aircraft strike the smoke stack, and then observed the aircraft descend out of the base of
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO A DRUG, VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND FAILURE TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE OBSTACLE (TOWERING SMOKE STACK). FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
