What happened
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(-23) History of flight: on September 6, 2003, at 1420 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE-55, N62JF, registered to gwinnett plane leasing, inc., operating as a 14 CFR part 91 personal flight, collided with trees while attempting to return to the Winder Barrow airport, Winder, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. A post crash fire destroyed the airplane. The private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Winder Barrow airport at 1419 on September 6, 2003. A pilot waiting for takeoff behind the accident airplane stated the accident pilot departed from runway 05. The airplane became airborne just past taxiway "c" intersection. The airplane reached about 10 feet when the nose dropped down abruptly to the right and the right main landing gear touched down on the runway followed by tire smoke. He observed a dark shape on the right side of the airplane and figured the cockpit door had opened. The airplane bounced back into the air and went to the right over the grass. The pilot regained control of the airplane. The airplane remained between 20 to 50 feet and slowly cleared a tree line beyond the end of the runway. The airplane started a shallow crosswind turn to the left, nose high at a slow airspeed. He called the pilot on the UNICOM frequency and asked the pilot if he was ok. The pilot stated, "I got problems and I am going to make an emergency landing." The pilot came back on the radio again and stated, "I am not going to make it." The witness pilot stated he lost sight of the airplane and observed smoke come up above the tree line a short time later. Two witnesses located in the immediate vicinity of the crash site stated they heard an airplane approaching their location. The airplane engine or engines were making an unusual sound described as a loud noise. One witness stated the airplane was between 100 to 150 feet above the ground. The airplane made a steep left bank estimated between 40 to 45 degrees angle of bank. The airplane hit a tree, rolled to the left, pitched nose down, hit a power line and collided with the ground. The airplane continued to roll and slide to the left before it came to rest inverted, and caught on fire. One witness stated he ran over to the airplane located in his front yard and tried to gain entry to remove the pilot. The fire and smoke prevented him from assisting the pilot.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2003, AT 1420 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-55, N62JF, REGISTERED TO GWINNETT PLANE LEASING, INC., OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE WINDER BARROW AIRPORT, WINDER, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINDER BARROW AIRPORT AT 1419 ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2003. A PILOT WAITING FOR TAKEOFF BEHIND THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STATED THE ACCIDENT PILOT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 05. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE JUST PAST TAXIWAY "C" INTERSECTION. THE AIRPLANE REACHED ABOUT 10 FEET WHEN THE NOSE DROPPED DOWN ABRUPTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY TIRE SMOKE. HE OBSERVED A DARK SHAPE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND FIGURED THE COCKPIT DOOR HAD OPENED. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND WENT TO THE RIGHT OVER THE GRASS. THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED BETWEEN 20 TO 50 FEET AND SLOWLY CLEARED A TREE LINE BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STARTED A SHALLOW CROSSWIND TURN TO THE LEFT, NOSE HIGH AT A SLOW AIRSPEED. HE CALLED THE PILOT ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS OK. THE PILOT STATED, "I GOT PROBLEMS AND I AM GOING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING." THE PILOT CAME BACK ON THE RADIO AGAIN AND STATED, "I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE IT." THE WITNESS PILOT STATED HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE AND OBSERVED SMOKE COME UP ABOVE THE TREE LINE A SHORT TIME LATER. TWO WITNESSES LOCATED IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE STATED THEY HEARD AN AIRPLANE APPROACHING THEIR LOCATION. THE AIRPLANE ENGINE OR ENGINES WERE MAKING AN UNUSUAL SOUND DESCRIBED AS A LOUD NOISE. ONE WITNESS STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS BETWEEN 100 TO 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE MADE A STEEP LEFT BANK ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40 TO 45 DEGREES ANGLE OF BANK. THE AIRPLANE HIT A TREE, ROLLED TO THE LEFT, PITCHED NOSE DOWN, HIT A POWER LINE AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO ROLL AND SLIDE TO THE LEFT BEFORE IT CAME TO REST INVERTED, AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. ONE WITNESS STATED HE RAN OVER TO THE AIRPLANE LOCATED IN HIS FRONT YARD AND TRIED TO GAIN ENTRY TO REMOVE THE PILOT. THE FIRE AND SMOKE PREVENTED HIM FROM ASSISTING THE PILOT.
NTSB investigation
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