- Date
- January 18, 1988, 21:30 local (Jan 19, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N101JRPiper PA-23
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118000839A
- Case key
- 7583
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Judgment - poorCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101JR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7854115
- Airframe hours
- 2,862
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Augusta Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 16, 1987 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- Decatur, AL
- Destination
- Augusta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Bush, runway 17, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,486 total · 2,007 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.