ATL84LA020
1983-10-15 · CULLMAN, Alabama, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport 2A1
Current FAA registration · N5082G
- Make / Model
- CESSNA 172N
- Year of manufacture
- 1979 · 4 years old at event
- Engine
- LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 4 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19791120
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A65A4D
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST SOLO FLT. DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO PATTERN, HE STARTED TO TAKEOFF, AFTER LANDING, WITH THE ELEVATOR TRIM IN A NEARLY FULL NOSE-UP POSITION. HE STATED THAT AFTER HE ADDED POWER TO TAKEOFF, HE HAD TO HOLD THE NOSE DOWN BY APPLYING FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT BEGAN TO 'WHEELBARROW' & DRIFT TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT. HE THEN REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE, BUT THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY, WENT INTO MUD & NOSED OVER. APRX 35 MI NORTH AT BIRMINGHAM, AL, THE 1745 CDT WIND WAS FROM 080 DEG AT 4 KTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1983_ATL84LA020.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2023 · Reprint (Version printed in journal) Finite Element Simulation of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests for Cessna 172 Aircraft
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM) Simulating the Impact Response of Three Full-Scale Crash Tests of Cessna 172 Aircraft
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- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Data in Brief) Cockpit voice recorder transcript data: Capturing safety voice and safety listening during historic aviation accidents
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