# Incident 20050705016259I: Beech F33A, Carrollton, GA, July 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2005, 04:00 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Airport: West Georgia Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8259E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8259E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050705016259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 05, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 03:30 AM, A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, N8259E STRUCK PINE TREES WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35 AT CARROLLTON, GEORGIA, WEST GEORGIA REGIONAL, OV GRAY FIELD (CTJ). THE PILOT IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REPORTED THAT HE WAS SET UP FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 35, AND WHILE MAKING A LOW APPROACH CLIPPED PINE TREES WITH THE RIGHT WING AND LANDING GEAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE PILOT STATED, THAT HE THEN LEVELED THE WINGS AND PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH, CLIMBED TO 2500 FEET (MSL) AND FLEW TOWARD ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT HE LOCATED THE FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 AM, AND WHILE LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC FLEW NORTH OF RUNWAY 8 AND MANEUVERED FOR RUNWAY 14, WHICH HE FELT TO BE A BETTER CHOICE FOR LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE GOT INTO GROUND EFFECT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW THE DRAG ON THE RIGHT WING CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY, GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE TAXIWAY FACING NORTH.

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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