What happened
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Pilot and passenger departed airport 9G8, on 06/17/2023 at 05:05(EST).
The pilot was a comercial rated pilot. There is no weather reporting for 9G8. However, at the time jst airport (9.2NM, to the south) was reporting 200' cielings. Crashed approximately 2 miles southwest of airport I.d. 9G8. Aircraft was destroyed on impact. 2 s.o.b. were fatal.
Aircraft struck the trees on a heading of 135 degrees with a high energy impact. The aircraft impacted the ground and trees, where the left wing departed the aircraft, left engine impacted the ground (departed the aircraft), approximately 10 feet further the rt engine hit a tree and departed the aircrft along with the right wing. The empanage and tail sections were destroyed and a fire ensued at that point. The fueslage and nose, bounced off the ground and through the tree tops for approximately 100 yards, on the 135 degree heading. The nose section and forward cockpit were found inverted on the ground, along with the NLG. The rest of the fuselage was scattered debris. The debris path was approximately 60 yards wide and 100 plus yards long. No ELT was located. However, a damaged d cell battery was found along the debris path. The maintenance logs do indicate an ELT AK-450 was installed and its possible to have d cell type batteries installed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED AIRPORT 9G8, ON 06/17/2023 AT 05:05(EST).
THE PILOT WAS A COMERCIAL RATED PILOT. THERE IS NO WEATHER REPORTING FOR 9G8. HOWEVER, AT THE TIME JST AIRPORT (9.2NM, TO THE SOUTH) WAS REPORTING 200' CIELINGS. CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AIRPORT I.D. 9G8. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT. 2 S.O.B. WERE FATAL.
AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TREES ON A HEADING OF 135 DEGREES WITH A HIGH ENERGY IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND TREES, WHERE THE LEFT WING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, LEFT ENGINE IMPACTED THE GROUND (DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT), APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FURTHER THE RT ENGINE HIT A TREE AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRFT ALONG WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE EMPANAGE AND TAIL SECTIONS WERE DESTROYED AND A FIRE ENSUED AT THAT POINT. THE FUESLAGE AND NOSE, BOUNCED OFF THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE TREE TOPS FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS, ON THE 135 DEGREE HEADING. THE NOSE SECTION AND FORWARD COCKPIT WERE FOUND INVERTED ON THE GROUND, ALONG WITH THE NLG. THE REST OF THE FUSELAGE WAS SCATTERED DEBRIS. THE DEBRIS PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS WIDE AND 100 PLUS YARDS LONG. NO ELT WAS LOCATED. HOWEVER, A DAMAGED D CELL BATTERY WAS FOUND ALONG THE DEBRIS PATH. THE MAINTENANCE LOGS DO INDICATE AN ELT AK-450 WAS INSTALLED AND ITS POSSIBLE TO HAVE D CELL TYPE BATTERIES INSTALLED.
NTSB investigation
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