# Accident 20000815015799A: Piper PA31350, Lumber City, GA, August 15, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2000, 08:27 local time
- Place: Lumber City, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ETUA
- Location: 31.9307° N, 82.6799° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9307&lon=-82.6799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801MW-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000815015799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2000, AT APPROX. 0830 EDT, A PIPER PA-31-350, N801 MW COLLIDED WITH TREES 3.7 MILES NW OF HAZELHURST AIRPORT. THE IMPACT WITH THE TREES SEVERED A SECTION OF THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING APPROX. FIVE FEET LONG. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE TREES THE A/C REMAINED IN THE AIR AND BECAME INVERTED BEFORE COLLIDING WITH A SMALL PINE TREE JUST BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE A/C CAME TO A STOP APPROX. 130 FT FROM IMPACT. AFTER COMING TO REST, THE A/C BEGAN TO BURN AND SUSTAINED SEVERE FIRE DAMAGE. THE PILOT HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR APPROACH INTO HAZELHURST AIRPORT BY CONTROLLERS AT JACKSONVILLE CENTER. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN DOTHAM, AL.

## 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 ATL00FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA081), Aug 15, 2000: Piper PA-31-350 (N801MW), Lumber City, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot's failure to follow instrument procedures and descended below approach minimums and collided with trees. A factor was low clouds.

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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