# Accident 20010819023979A: Beech A23, Blairsville, GA, August 19, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2001, 14:43 local time
- Place: Blairsville, GA
- Airport: Blairsville Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8506° N, 84.0117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8506&lon=-84.0117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8869M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8869M-2002-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01FA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010819023979A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 MIA01FA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01FA223), Aug 19, 2001: Beech A23 (N8869M), Blairsville, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall an subsequent in-flight collision with trees then the ground during the uncontrolled descent.

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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