# Accident 20031204033079A: Beech B200, Moreland, GA, December 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2003, 19:40 local time
- Place: Moreland, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MFJA
- Location: 33.2997° N, 84.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2997&lon=-84.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85BK-2005-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B200 (registry code 1152922, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031204033079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 4, 2003, AT 1940 LOCAL TIME, N85BK, A BEECHCRAFT BE-200 KING AIR, OPERATED BY SOUTHEASTERN AIR CHARTER, INC, (SAC) COLLIDED WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND NEAR THE TOWN OF MORLAND, GEORGIA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED IN THE POST CRASH FIRE. N85BK WAS FLYING THE LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 AT THE NEWNAN-COWETA COUNTY AIRPORT (CCO). THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN DOUGLAS, GEORGIA. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. WITNESSES AT CCO STATED THE ASOS WEATHER REPORTING STATION INDICATED WINDS AT 070 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS, CEILING OF 200 FEET AGL AND VISIBILITY OF 1 1/4 MILES. BOBBY MORROW, SAC DIR. OF OPERATIONS AND ONE OF THE PILOTS, INJURED HIS HAND THE PREVIOUS WEEK RENDERING HIM UNABLE TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT POWER LEVERS AND RADIOS WITH THE INJURED HAND. CARLOS TARONJI, THE SECOND PILOT HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT TYPE. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND NO AIRWORTHINESS ISSUES.

## 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 ATL04FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA045), Dec 5, 2003: Beech B200 (N85BK), Morlan, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision when he continued the flight below the decision height and collided with trees. A related factor was the low ceiling.

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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