# Accident 20050107000509A: Piper PA28181, Mc Cormick, SC, January 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2005, 18:56 local time
- Place: Mc Cormick, SC
- Airport: Mc Cormick County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0594° N, 82.2425° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0594&lon=-82.2425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2823H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2823H-2005-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107000509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MCCORMICK COUNTY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 EST FOR GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA APPROXIMATELY 20 STATUTE MILES TO THE NORTH NORTH WEST. AT A POINT NEARLY HALFWAY, AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWN OF BRADLEY, A WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD THE AIRPLANE FLYING TOWARDS GREENWOOD, HEAR THE AIRPLANE REVERSE COURSE BACK TOWARDS MCCORMICK, HEARD THE ENGINE SPUTTER, AND THEN HEARD THE CRASH. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AT ABOUT A FORTY-FIVE DEGREE ANGLE AND A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AT 1856 EST. THE PILOT AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THIS WAS A PERSONAL VFR FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 ATL05FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA041), Jan 7, 2005: Piper PA-28-181 (N2823H), Bradley, SC, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with trees and the ground. A factor was the dark night conditions.

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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