- Date
- February 28, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reidsville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4565PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6750
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was found burning in the woods by the foresty service. No persons or baggage were found. The date, time & cause of the accident is unknown. Suspected drug related activity. According to FAA records, the acft was not officially registered. It had been recently sold but the new owners were not named and no record of registration was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4565P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-72
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Unknown
- Destination
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Day