- Date
- May 11, 1979
- Place
- Ball Ground, GA · BALL GROUND, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8152YPiper PA-30B
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790511026619A
- Case key
- 135435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2466 79/5/11 NR.BALL GROUND,GA PIPER PA-30B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2250 N8152Y PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 48, 1937 TOTAL HOURS, 421 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,IL ATLANT,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PIC ATTEMPTED SINGLE ENGINE GO AROUND,MUSHED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8152Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cherokee County
N8152YRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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