What happened
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(-23) Pilot loaded aircraft with himself and 2 passengers, full load of fuel, after takeoff at climb, aircraft impacted trees at an approximate altitude of 40 feet. Aircraft's engine disassembled and inspected with no abnormalities noted. (.19) on August 19, 2001, at about 1443 eastern daylight time, a Beech A-23, N8869M, registered to a private individual, crashed in a wooded area behind a house shortly after takeoff from the Blairsville Airport, Blairsville, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed by impact and the private-rated pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated about 3 minutes earlier from the Blairsville Airport. The flight departed from runway 25 with full fuel tanks and shortly after takeoff, a witness whose property the airplane crashed on observed the airplane flying at a low altitude banking to the left. He reported that the engine sounded like it was operating at a low power setting running rough. He thought the airplane was going to crash into his house, but the airplane flew over his house and impacted trees, then came to rest inverted on the ground. There was no postcrash fire. The accident site was located .60 nautical mile and 255 degrees magnetic from the departure end of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT LOADED AIRCRAFT WITH HIMSELF AND 2 PASSENGERS, FULL LOAD OF FUEL, AFTER TAKEOFF AT CLIMB, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AT AN APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 40 FEET. AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. (.19) ON AUGUST 19, 2001, AT ABOUT 1443 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH A-23, N8869M, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA BEHIND A HOUSE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE BLAIRSVILLE AIRPORT, BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 3 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE BLAIRSVILLE AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 25 WITH FULL FUEL TANKS AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, A WITNESS WHOSE PROPERTY THE AIRPLANE CRASHED ON OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE BANKING TO THE LEFT. HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS OPERATING AT A LOW POWER SETTING RUNNING ROUGH. HE THOUGHT THE AIRPLANE WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO HIS HOUSE, BUT THE AIRPLANE FLEW OVER HIS HOUSE AND IMPACTED TREES, THEN CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO POSTCRASH FIRE. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED .60 NAUTICAL MILE AND 255 DEGREES MAGNETIC FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
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