# Accident 19990216001489A: Piper PA32RT300, Cartersville, GA, February 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1999
- Place: Cartersville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1604° N, 84.7990° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1604&lon=-84.7990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21724, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21724-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990216001489A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19) ON FEBRUARY 16, 1999, AT 1515 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-32RT-300, N21724, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED MCCULLUM AIRPORT IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA, AT 1430. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED FLYING "VERY LOW" TOWARDS THE CARTERSVILLE AIRPORT. SHE STATED THAT SHE HEARD THE ENGINE QUIT, AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE NOSE DOWN AND CRASH INTO THE TREES. WITNESSES AT THE CARTERSVILLE AIRPORT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT NEVER CONTACTED THEM ON THEIR UNICOM FREQUENCY. (-23)SEE ATTACHED ATL99FA047

## 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 ATL99FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA048), Feb 16, 1999: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N21724), Cartersville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: In flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.