Cessna 172M N5443H

Summary

On 4 June 1982 at about 14:20 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N5443H, operated by James H. Thomas, was involved in an accident near Alabaster, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 June 1982 at 14:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Alabaster, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

33.2207, -86.8203

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N5443H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James H. Thomas

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mobile → Birmingham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FA153

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT 0755, THE PLT CONTACTED BIRMINGHAM APPROACH CONTROL & REPORTED 35 MI SOUTH AT 2,000 FT. HE WAS ADVISED OF THE BHM WX & THAT IT WAS IFR AT THE ARPT. THE PILOT STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO LAND AT ANOTHER ARPT & WAS GIVEN HIS APPROXIMATE POSITION TO THREE ARPTS. AT 0808 RADAR CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED APPROXIMATELY 6 MI SW OF SHELBY COUNTY ARPT. THE PLT THENADVISED THAT HE WAS MANEUVERING VFR. AT 0811, THE PLT ADVISED HE WAS TURNING SOUTH TO FIND BETTER VFR WX. THE ACFT CRASHED ABOUT 7 MI WSW OF THE SHELBY COUNTY ARPT. THE CONTROLLER WORKING THE ACFT NOTIFIED THE TEAM SUPERVISOR OF LOSS OF RADIO & RADAR CONTACT, WHO THEN NOTIFIED THE DEPUTY CHIEF. AT 0845, THE TOWER CHIEF DIRECTED THAT PRELIMINARY ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES NOT BE IMPLEMENTED. AT 1400, THREE PERSONNEL FROM THE BHM TOWER, INCLUDING THE CONTROLLER WHO WAS WORKING THE ACFT & HAD REQUESTED 2 HRS ANNUAL LEAVE TO ASSIST, INITIATED SEARCH ACTIONS ON THEIR OWN,& LOCATED THE WRECKAGE AT 1510.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.