- Date
- December 10, 1970
- Place
- Blakely, GA · BLAKELY, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9827WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158757
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2042 70/12/10 BLAKELY,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 675 TIME - 1650 N9827W PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EARLY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYLVESTER,GA BLAKELY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT AT TREE TOP HT OVER HIWAY FLYING WESTERLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9827W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Early County
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