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ATL85LA120

1985-03-16 · MOBILE, Alabama, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BFM

N213CM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 182S, built 1997), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A TTL ELECTRICAL FAILURE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE PLT DESCENDED AND FLEW BELOW LOW CEILINGS UNTIL AND ARPT WAS FOUND. ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE EMERG HAND CRANK FAILED. LOW ON FUEL, HE LANDED WITH GEAR UP. THE PLT SELECTED GRASS AREA BESIDE THE RWY TO LAND. DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT CONTACTED A CONCRETE POST WHICH WAS OBSCURED BY TALL GRASS. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED WITH THE EMERG HAND CRANK. THE ONLY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURE FOUND WAS A CORRODED MASTER BATTERY SOLENOID. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA120.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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