# Accident 20231221022569A: Hawker Beechcraft Corp G36, Buford, GA, December 21, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2023, 17:15 local time
- Place: Buford, GA
- Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1832° N, 84.0285° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1832&lon=-84.0285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23VS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23VS-2024-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (registry code 4220009, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-g36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-B (registry code 17208, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP G36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231221022569A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 22, 2023, THIS AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR WAS DISPATCHED TO CONDUCT AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGTION-^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON DECEMBER 21, 2023, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(HAWKER BEECHCRAFT G36), DEPARTED ITS HOME BASE - DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT (PDK), ATLANTA, GA, AT 1701 AND NAVIGATED NORTH CRUISING AT 3,000 FT MSL 160-170 KNOTS. FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TURNED NORTHEAST TOWARD LAKE LANIER, GA, AT 3,000 FT MSL AND 160-170 KNOTS. AT 1712:32, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED EAST AND CONTINUED AT 3,000 FT MSL; HOWEVER, SLOWED TO 98 KNOTS. AT 1714:19, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED TO THE RIGHT, TOWARDS AN ABANDONED PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO LAKE LANIER ISLANDS SHORELINE. THE AIRPLANE WAS 100 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND GROUNDSPEED WAS 70 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE IMPACT WITH TERRAIN PINE TREES AND MADE GROUND IMPACT IN AN ABANDONED PARKING LOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY WOUNDED.

TWO WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE STATED THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING LOW OVER THE WATER FROM WEST TO EAST. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A RIGHT BANK TOWARDS A TREE LINE ALONG THE SHORELINE. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TREES, THEN IMPACTED THE PARKING LOT AND EXPLODED. A LARGE FIRE ENGULFED THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE. BOTH WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HEAR ANY ENGINE NOISE.

NTSB HAS REQUESTED AN ENGINE TEARDOWN FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.  THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS ARE DISCOVERED.

## 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 ERA24FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA072), Dec 21, 2023: Hawker Beechcraft G36 (N23VS), Buford, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to significant thermal damage from postimpact fire.

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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