Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Monticello, Georgia 31064
Tuesady, May 21, 1985 6:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ABOUT 20 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF, WHILE CRUISING AT 5000 FT, THE PLT OBSERVED OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD & NOTED A DECREASE IN OIL PRESSURE. HE TURNED BACK TOWARD THE DEPARTURE ARPT & REDUCED THE POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROLONG ENG LIFE. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, THEN FAILED. THE ACFT WAS OVER AN AREA OF GND FOG & THE PLT COULD NOT SEE THE GND. HE BEGAN GLIDING AT A MIN RATE OF DESCENT & TRIMMED THE ACFT. BEFORE ENTERING THE FOG, THE OCCUPANTS FASTENED THEIRSEAT BELTS & BRACED THEMSELVES FOR IMPACT. SHORTLY AFTER THE ACFT ENTERED THE FOG, IT HIT 6 TREES, THEN CRASHED IN A CLEARING. DURING A POST-CRASH EXAM, THE OIL DIP STICK WAS FOUND BEHIND THE ENG & THERE WAS INDICATIONS THAT OIL HAD ESCAPED FROM THE TOP OF THE ENG. THE #1 CONNECTING ROD HAD FAILED & PUNCTURED THE ENG CASE. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT THE ENG HAD BEEN OPERATING WITHOUT OIL PRIOR TO THE ROD FAILURE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/21/1985 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 600 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | MONTICELLO |
| Event State | GEORGIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 31064 |
| Event Date Year | 1985 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 600 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 800 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1126 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 21 1985 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 905 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 28462 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 18 2002 11:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\GIUV |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6201E |
| NTSB Number | ATL85LA188 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 172N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17271999 |
| 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 | Aug 15 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 260 |
| Airframe Hours | 1530 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FRANK J. DAVIS, JR. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 40 SALEM BRANCH ROAD |
| Aircraft Owner City | COVINGTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | GA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 30209 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | ROY C. HALL |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 1849 FLAT SHOALS ROAD |
| Operator City | CONYERS |
| Operator State | GA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 30208 |
| 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) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 9A1 |
| Departure City | COVINGTON |
| Departure State | GA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 520 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | DAB |
| Destination City | DAYTONA BEACH |
| Destination State | FL |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |