# Accident 20080208831399A: Slipst GENNIS, Warm Springs, GA, February 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2008, 15:45 local time
- Place: Warm Springs, GA
- Airport: Roosevelt Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9372° N, 84.6961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9372&lon=-84.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3449, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3449-2017-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Slip Stream GENNIS (registry code 05902L5, https://openairdocs.org/model/slip-stream-gennis) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SLIPST GENNIS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 229 total, 229 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080208831399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, N3449 OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED 100 FEET, 90 DEGREES OFF OF RUNWAY 17 @ AIRPORT 5A9 (WARM SPRINGS, GA). PER PIC STATEMENT, DURING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES, WITH AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET, AN UNEXPECTED WIND GUST BLEW THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE BUT DUE TO DOWNDRAFT WAS UNABLE TO RESUME FLIGHT. THE PLANE BOUNCED ONCE THEN STRUCK THE GROUND AND A TREE APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA08CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA055), Feb 8, 2008: William P. Crowell Genesis (N3449), Warm Springs, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during final approach.

## Other reports on N3449 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170702009859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170702009859A), Jul 2, 2017: Slip Stream GENESIS (N3449), Linesville, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On July 2, 2017 at 19:56 EDT, I received a call from chris thompson at the FAA regional operations center (roc). Mr. Thompson called to notify me about an…

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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