# NTSB ATL88FA072: North American T-28C, N9719G, Woodstock, GA, January 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 2, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Woodstock, GA
- Coordinates: 34.100208, -84.509674 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1002&lon=-84.5097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7579
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88FA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7579/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA072

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - tree(s)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aerobatics - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9719G-2013-06-14), registration cancelled 2013-06-14, S/N 140062, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T-28C
- Registry model: [North American/Jones T-28C](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-jones-t-28c) (registry code 6402514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright R-1820 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (registry code 67020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 140062
- Airframe hours: 3013
- Engines: WRIGHT R-1820-86 1425 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880102000059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880102000059A), Jan 2, 1988: Namer T28*, Woodstock, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Buzzed landing strip with wing overs to turn around. Failed to recover on last one struck trees and crashed.

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.

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