Piper PA-28-161 N2372M

Summary

On 14 March 1983 at about 04:29 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N2372M, operated by Red Baroness Squardon, Inc, was involved in an accident near Chamblee, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 March 1983 at 04:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Chamblee, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Dekalb-Peachtree (PDK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N2372M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Red Baroness Squardon, Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chattanooga → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FA135

3 people were seriously injured.

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

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON A DARK NIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. THE PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD ATLANTA APPROACH CONTROL CONCERNING RWY LIGHTING AND PICKED A RWY AT THE UNCONTROLLED ARPT THAT WAS UNLIGHTED. IT INTERSECTED A LIGHTED RWY (RWY 02 & 20). THE PLT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RWY 16 BEYOND WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THRESHOLD LIGHTS. HE NEVER SAW RWY NUMBERS. UPON FLARE FOR LANDING HE LOST VISUAL REFERENCE WITH THE RWY ENVIRONMENT. AFTER LANDING HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS BUT DID NOT BRAKE HEAVILY THINKING HE HAD ABOUT 2500 FT IN WHICH TO STOP. WHEN THE END OF THE RWY APPEARED HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. DEKALB-PEACHTREE ARPT IS CONTROLLED UNTIL 2300 EST AT WHICH TIME THE TOWER FREQUENCY IS REMOTED TO ATLANTA APPROACH CONTROL. RWY 16 WAS UNLIGHTED AND THE VASI WAS FOUND OUT OF SERVICE THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.