ATL84FA275

Factual narrative

THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED IN CRUISE AT 10,000 FT. AT 0903 EDT THE PILOT NOTIFIED WILMINGTON APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE HAD A 'ROUGH ENGINE' AND REQUESTED VECTORS TO WILMINGTON.APPROACH CONTROL RESPONDED WITH HEADING INFORMATION FOR THE BACK COURSE APPROACH AND A DESCENT TO 1,600 FT. AFTER INITIALLY TELLING THE CONTROLLER OF THE ENGINE TROUBLE NO FURTHER MENTION OF ENGINE STATUS WAS MADE BY THE PILOT. AT 0906 THE PILOT TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE APPROACH PLATE AND ASKED FOR THE LOCALIZER FREQ. ABOUT 3 MINS LATER, AFTER BEING GIVEN THE FREQ, THE PILOT WAS INFORMED BY THE CONTROLLER THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE LOCALIZER AND GIVEN A HEADING CHANGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXTENDED THE LDG GEAR AT 4,800 FT BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW HOW FAR HE WAS FROM THE ARPT. TWICE DURING THE APPROACH THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF HIS DISTANCE FROM THE FINAL APPROACH FIX. THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES APRX 2 MILES FROM THE ARPT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12