# Accident 20181117022629A: Joseph W Blandford LEGACY RG, Gainsville, GA, November 17, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2018, 18:45 local time
- Place: Gainsville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2789° N, 83.8250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2789&lon=-83.8250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8448J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8448J-2022-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Joseph W Blandford LEGACY RG (registry code 05634A0, https://openairdocs.org/model/joseph-w-blandford-legacy-rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOSEPH W BLANDFORD LEGACY RG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181117022629A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS WERE RETURNING FROM A DAY OF FLYING TO THE CAROLINAS TO CHECK ON OWNERS BOAT. FLIGHT BACK TO GAINSVILLE, GA WAS UNEVENTFUL AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL. PER SURVIVERS STATEMENT, THE  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE CONTROLS BEFORE LANDING. THE NEXT THING THE NONE FLYING PILOT KNEW, THEY WERE INVERTED. ACORDING TO FLIGHT INFORMATION RECOVERED, ABOUT 5MINS FROM THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN AN UNUSUAL DECENT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME TREES ABOUT A 1/4 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LOCALIZER TOWER AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 1000 YARDS LEFT OF LOCALIZER AND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. WITNESS AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE CONFIRMS THE SAME AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND, HE CONTACTED 911 AND DIRECTED THEM TO THE AIRCRAFT. HE SECURED THE AIRCRAFT POWER AND FUEL AND SPOKE TO THE ONE PIOT WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF. FIRST RESPONDERS REMOVED BOTH PILOTS AND TRANSPORTED BOTH TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA19FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA049), Nov 17, 2018: Lancair Legacy RG (N8448J), Gainesville, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots’ failure to execute a go-around when the nighttime autopilot-coupled approach became unstable, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent impact with terrain. Also causal was the…

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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