# NTSB MIA71AM019: Piper PA-18, N3449P, Macon, GA, August 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 27, 1970
- Place: Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71AM019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1244  70/8/27    MACON,GA            PIPER PA-18         CR-  1  1  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1000                    N3449P              PX-  0  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            AGE 23, 1360 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            86 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MACON,GA                    MACON,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- CP ALLOWED ACFT TO DESCEND INTO TREES WHILE PLT WAS LOOKING AT MAP. CP TOTAL TIME AS OF 9/8/69.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3449P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3449P-1972-01-25), registration cancelled 1972-01-25, S/N 18-6776 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (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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