What happened
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On March 24, 2014 about 1755 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-44-180, N923RS, was destroyed when it broke up in flight following an inflight breakup and then impacted a marsh area near Brunswick, Georgia. The aircraft had departed from the concord regional airport (jqf), concord, north carolina, about 1551 EDT and had an intended destination of jacksonville executive airport at craig (crg), jacksonville, Florida. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed prior to departure. Weather at the time and location of the accident: (mckinnon airport, Brunswick weather at 1753 EDT, automated, wind from 040° at 16 knots gusting to 24 knots, visibility 10 miles in light rain, ceiling overcast at 3,500 feet AGL, temperature 12° c, dew point 7° c, altimeter 30.06 inches of hg. Remarks: automated weather observation system, sea level pressure 1018.0-hectopascals (hpa), hourly precipitation less than 0.01 inch, temperature 12.2° c, dew point 7.2° c. the two private pilots were fatally injured. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations part 91.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 24, 2014 ABOUT 1755 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A PIPER PA-44-180, N923RS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT BROKE UP IN FLIGHT FOLLOWING AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP AND THEN IMPACTED A MARSH AREA NEAR BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (JQF), CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ABOUT 1551 EDT AND HAD AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF JACKSONVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AT CRAIG (CRG), JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. WEATHER AT THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT: (MCKINNON AIRPORT, BRUNSWICK WEATHER AT 1753 EDT, AUTOMATED, WIND FROM 040° AT 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES IN LIGHT RAIN, CEILING OVERCAST AT 3,500 FEET AGL, TEMPERATURE 12° C, DEW POINT 7° C, ALTIMETER 30.06 INCHES OF HG. REMARKS: AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM, SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 1018.0-HECTOPASCALS (HPA), HOURLY PRECIPITATION LESS THAN 0.01 INCH, TEMPERATURE 12.2° C, DEW POINT 7.2° C. THE TWO PRIVATE PILOTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.
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