# Accident 19990921045879A: Piper PA31350, Newnan, GA, September 21, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1999, 05:22 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B7LA
- Location: 33.2798° N, 84.7707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2798&lon=-84.7707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27343, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27343-2000-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990921045879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE NARRATIVE MIA99FA263

## 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 MIA99FA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99FA263), Sep 21, 1999: Piper PA-31-350 (N27343), Moreland, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude while executing a localizer approach. Contributing factors were low ceilings and dark night conditions as well as the trees.

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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