# Accident 20040127001769A: Cessna 150G, High Falls, GA, January 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2004, 16:11 local time
- Place: High Falls, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1739° N, 84.0331° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1739&lon=-84.0331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2981J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2981J-2017-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040127001769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA 150G, N2981J, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND WHILE MANUEVERING OVER A RESIDENCE IN HIGH FALLS, GEORGIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BERRY HILL AIRPORT IN STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA, ON JANUARY 27, 2004 EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.

## 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 ATL04FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA071), Jan 27, 2004: Cessna 150G (N2981J), High Falls, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's impairment due to alcohol which resulted in his failure to maintain adequate airspeed, inadvertent stall, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees.

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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