- Date
- January 2, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodstock, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9719GNorth American T-28C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880102000059A
- Case key
- 7579
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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
A plt/witness rptd that the airplane first flew over the arpt to the north at about 500 ft AGL, and subsequently performed a wingover at the north end of the arpt. The airplane then made a high-speed pass over the rwy to the south, at about 50 ft AGL. Upon reaching the south end of the rwy, it entered into a climbing right turn. A few seconds later, the airplane performed another wingover; it subsequently disappeared into trees as it returned to a northerly heading, in a wings-level, slight nose- down attitude. Post-crash exam of the airplane and engine revealed no evidence of pre-existing mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9719G
- Reported as
- North American T-28C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 140062
- Airframe hours
- 3,013
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-86, 1,425 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David K. Brady
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1987 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- 6A0 · Cartersville, GA
- Airport
- 5GA4 · Air Acres, runway 18, 2,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 421 total · 55 in this make and model · 294 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.