# Accident 20130830025309A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Blairsville, GA, August 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2013, 10:45 local time
- Place: Blairsville, GA
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8122° N, 83.8067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8122&lon=-83.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447JP-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 359 total, 294 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA389) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130830025309A

## Narrative

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

8/30/2013 A DIAMOND DA-40, N447JP, DEPARTED CHARLESTON, SC. (KJZI) AROUND 9:00AM, BOUND FOR MURPHY ANDREWS, NC (KRHP).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT HOLDING A SINGLE ENGINE LAND CERTIFICATE, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HORSETROUGH MOUNTAIN BETWEEN LOW GAP AND TESTANEE GAP CLOSE TO THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL OUTSIDE OF BLAIRSVILLE, GA AROUND 10:45AM. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT THAT HE WAS USING FLIGHT FOLLOWING, BUT ATLANTA CENTER RELEASED THE RECORDING REQUESTING THE PILOT TO REPORT HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT IN SIGHT. THE PILOT CORRECTLY READ BACK THE CONTROLLERS INSTRUCTIONS. DURING THAT TIME THE PILOT LOCATED A HOLE IN THE CLOUDS THAT HE DESCENDED INTO AND ENCOUNTERED IMC AT WHICH TIME HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO ESTABLISH A CLIMB, AT THAT INSTANCE THE AIRCRAFT FLEW IT TO THE TREES.  BOTH OCCUPANTS SURVIVED WITH MINOR SCRATCHES,THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTILY DAMAGED.  IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE SEARCH RESCUE TEAM HIKE TO THE ACCIDENT SITE AND RESCUE THE OCCUPANTS, AS THEY HAD TO HIKE OUT ON FOOT DUE TO THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 ERA13CA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA389), Aug 30, 2013: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N447JP), Blairsville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating weather, which resulted in an encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and subsequent inability to maintain clearance with…

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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