Gwinnett County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lawrenceville, Georgia 30246
Sunday, December 4, 1988 17:40 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AFTER 3 FULL STOP LANDINGS, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO LIFTOFF AIRSPEED ON 4TH TAKEOFF AFTER ROLLING ABOUT 2000 FEET. THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 07 AND NOSED OVER. THE WRECKAGE EXAMINATION DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY SYSTEM PROBLEM. THE TEMP/DEW POINT FELL WITHIN A RANGE WHERE CARB ICE WAS POSSIBLE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/4/1988
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1740
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City LAWRENCEVILLE
Event State GEORGIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 30246
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport GWINNETT COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1034
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1740
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID FTY
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 320
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1823
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 4 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1910
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38070
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:21PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5518D
NTSB Number ATL89LA050
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 172
Aircraft Series Identifier 172
Aircraft Serial Number 17272590
Certified Max Gross Weight 2300
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 3 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 3378
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name WAYNE STRICKLAND
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3345 FENCE ROAD
Aircraft Owner City DACULA
Aircraft Owner State GA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 30211
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name WALKER EVAN
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1729 COVENTRY
Operator City DECATUR
Operator State GA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 30030
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1640
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 7
Runway Length 4000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --