What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On December 19, 2018 at 1936 EST while conducting a part 91 night flight, aircraft N6143J, a Piper 28-181 archer carrying four people, was involved in an accident with the crash site found approximately half a mile west of the Blairsville airport?s (dzj) runway 8 at coordinates 34° 51? 01? N, 84° 00? 47? W. the accident resulted in the pilot and two back seat passengers receiving fatal injuries and the front right passenger surviving with serious injuries. Weather conditions at the time were VFR with visibility of 10 miles and calm winds. Witnesses stated that they could see the aircraft approaching the airport due to the aircraft lights but soon after saw the lights disappear and could hear trees splitting. On December 20, 2018 the airplane, crash site and debris field was documented and the aircraft was transported to griffin, Georgia for an engine tear down and further airplane analysis. At the scene, a removable garmin GPS map 496 was found connected to the aircraft at the time of the accident and was turned over to the NTSB iic for data collection.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 19, 2018 AT 1936 EST WHILE CONDUCTING A PART 91 NIGHT FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT N6143J, A PIPER 28-181 ARCHER CARRYING FOUR PEOPLE, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CRASH SITE FOUND APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE WEST OF THE BLAIRSVILLE AIRPORT?S (DZJ) RUNWAY 8 AT COORDINATES 34° 51? 01? N, 84° 00? 47? W. THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN THE PILOT AND TWO BACK SEAT PASSENGERS RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES AND THE FRONT RIGHT PASSENGER SURVIVING WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE VFR WITH VISIBILITY OF 10 MILES AND CALM WINDS. WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY COULD SEE THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHING THE AIRPORT DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT LIGHTS BUT SOON AFTER SAW THE LIGHTS DISAPPEAR AND COULD HEAR TREES SPLITTING. ON DECEMBER 20, 2018 THE AIRPLANE, CRASH SITE AND DEBRIS FIELD WAS DOCUMENTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO GRIFFIN, GEORGIA FOR AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN AND FURTHER AIRPLANE ANALYSIS. AT THE SCENE, A REMOVABLE GARMIN GPS MAP 496 WAS FOUND CONNECTED TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS TURNED OVER TO THE NTSB IIC FOR DATA COLLECTION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.