ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18959
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| Date: | Sunday 18 February 1990 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31T Cheyenne I |
| Owner/operator: | International Textile Fabrics |
| Registration: | N222GW |
| MSN: | 31T-7904050 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2232 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT-6-11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chamblee, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dekalb Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia (PDK/KPDK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following a localiser only instrument approach to Runway 20L the aircraft landed hard, collapsing the right main undercarriage. The windscreen had become fogged during the approach. The pilot stated that the windscreen defrosting system was not used and that there were no mechanical malfunctions.
Because of the fogged windscreen, the pilot misjudged the landing sink rate and failed to flare prior to touchdown. The accident happened in darkness (19:00 Local Time) and in IMC.
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be: The pilot misjudged the landing flare. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to defrost the windshield during the approach
Remains broken up for spares by Dodson International Parts, Ottawa (Kansas). Last noted 30 April 2013
Sources:
1. NTSB ID ATL90LA065 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X22509&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=222GW
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
4. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=3325
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2012 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2015 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2015 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Aug-2017 19:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage] |
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