20040903030359A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Airtrc AT-401B · Bainbridge, GA · September 3, 2004

Date
September 3, 2004 · 20:12 local
Place
Bainbridge, GA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
F7QG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3047A
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL04LA173
Reported as
Airtrc AT401B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R1340AN1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,528 total329 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Based on multiple eyewitness accounts, pilot attempted an aerobatic maneuver at an extremely low altitude resulting in the aircraft crashing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BASED ON MULTIPLE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, PILOT ATTEMPTED AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER AT AN EXTREMELY LOW ALTITUDE RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.