# Accident 19900329007709A: Piper PA28140, East Ellijay, GA, March 29, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1990, 18:00 local time
- Place: East Ellijay, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6652° N, 84.4908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Ellijay, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6652&lon=-84.4908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55864, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55864-1990-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 174 total, 152 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900329007709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IMPACTED TREES IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN LOW CEILING RAIN AND FOG AT DUSK. WAS ADVISED VFR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL90FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA093), Mar 29, 1990: Piper PA-28-140 (N55864), East Ellijay, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N55864 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750405005539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750405005539A), Apr 5, 1975: Piper PA28140 (N55864), Johns Island, SC, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 15K.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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