Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Birmingham, Alabama 35212
Tuesady, August 2, 1983 19:50 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) REPORTED THE ENG BEGAN MISSING WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED AFTER PRACTICING STALLS. A DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED & THE THROTTLE WAS RETARDED TO DESCEND. THE MIXTURE WAS IN FULL RICH.AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH & LOSING POWER. CARBURETOR HEAT & THE THROTTLE WERE ADJUSTED IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO RESTORE POWER. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND ON AN UNOPENED HIGHWAY. DURING FINAL APCH, THE ACFT STRUCK A POWER LINE. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE 1ST. APRX 10 GAL OF FUEL WAS REMAINING. ALL BUT 1 SPARK PLUG WAS FOUND OILY & SOOTY. THE ENG WAS STARTED & RAN SMOOTHLY TO 1200 RPM. IT HAD 50 HRS OF OPERATION SINCE OVERHAUL. THE PLT HANDBOOK STATED CRUISE SHOULD BE AT 65 TO 75% POWER FOR 50 HRS OR UNTIL OIL CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN STOPPED. A CHAMPION SPARK PLUG PUBLICATION STATED WET, OILY PLUGS MAY BE CAUSED BY AN ENG STILL IN A BREAK-IN PERIOD.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/2/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1950 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | BIRMINGHAM |
| Event State | ALABAMA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 35212 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| 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 | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1950 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 350 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BHM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 644 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 7 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 5000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| 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) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 20 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1529 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 21864 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N738NV |
| NTSB Number | ATL83LA309 |
| 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 | 172N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 172N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17270116 |
| 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 | Jul 18 1982 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 344 |
| Airframe Hours | 1600 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | W. CHARLES HARMON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 58001 |
| Aircraft Owner City | BIRMINGHAM |
| Aircraft Owner State | AL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 35259 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | BIRMINGHAM FLYING CLUB |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | BHM |
| Departure City | BIRMINGHAM |
| Departure State | AL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1900 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| 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 | Approach |
| 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 | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |