# Accident 20021023029979A: Beech A60, Jessup, GA, October 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2002, 21:28 local time
- Place: Jessup, GA
- Airport: Jessup-Wayne County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5525° N, 81.8786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5525&lon=-81.8786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73CR-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A60 (registry code 1153604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A60
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021023029979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT ENGINE SURGING, EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28 AT JESUP, GA. AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT LANDED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 28. UPON IMPACTING GROUND, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, FOUND AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT ENGINE'S PROPELLER IN "FEATHER POSITION." TWO FATALITIES FOUND IN AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE. SPECIAL NOTE: THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT THAT HAS HIGH PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINES INSTALLED.

## 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 ATL03FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03FA009), Oct 24, 2002: Beechcraft A60 (N73CR), Jesup, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of power in one engine and the loss of control 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.

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