# NTSB MIA69A0046: Beech 95, N2724Y, St.George, GA, February 6, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1969
- Place: St.George, GA · ST.GEORGE, GA
- Location: 30.5211° N, 82.0376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint George, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5211&lon=-82.0376&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3660   69/2/6  NR.ST.GEORGE,GA       BEECH 95            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 849
        TIME - 1837                    N2724Y              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 467 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BRUNSWICK,GA                LAKE CHARLES,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED                                  4000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          HAZE                                                      56
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          220                                                       10
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- PLT REPORTED VLNT WX,UNUSUAL ATTITUDE JUST PRIOR CRASH.TOXICOLOGICAL SAMPLE UNSATFY FOR VALID TEST
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2724Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2724Y-2019-10-18), registration cancelled 2019-10-18, S/N TD-63, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Registry model: [Beech 95](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (registry code 1153402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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