# Accident 20140324004839A: Piper PA-44-180, Brunswick, GA, March 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2014, 17:45 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2800° N, 81.4114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2800&lon=-81.4114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923RS-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (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 PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 54 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140324004839A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA14FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA168), Mar 24, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N923RS), Brunswick, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An inflight failure of the airplane's only operating vacuum pump, which resulted in the loss of attitude information provided by vacuum-driven flight instruments. Also causal was the pilots' failure…

## Other reports on N923RS (2)

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

- [Incident 20030811020269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030811020269I), Aug 11, 2003: Piper PA44180 (N923RS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During a training flight, crew was simulating a left engine out landing on runway 25L. Crew reports they verified three green lights for the landing…
- [Incident 20020526012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020526012509I), May 26, 2002: Piper PA44180 (N923RS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to complete prelanding check list and landed gear up.

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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