ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 348935
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| Date: | Friday 15 December 2023 |
| Time: | 15:33 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 58 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | Allen & Lambert Inc |
| Registration: | N303RA |
| MSN: | TH-506 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brook Bridge Aerodrome (8GA9), Griffin, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Macon-Lewis B. Wilson Airport, GA (MCN/KMCN) |
| Cedar Ridge Airport, GA (GA62) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that his intended destination airport was Cedar Ridge Airport (GA62), Griffin, GA, but due to misidentification of the airport while airborne, he landed at Brook Bridge Aerodrome (8GA9), Vaughn, GA. He reported that he did not realize he was approaching the wrong airport until he was “too low and too slow.” The airplane touched down on a shared taxiway/driveway before impacting a utility pole with the left wing. Subsequently, the airplane spun and impacted trees resulting in substantial damage to the left wing, nose structure, and right wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s misidentification of a taxiway as the intended runway, which resulted in a collision with a utility pole and trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193632
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N303RA
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/2d428b48387be7e9a0063eaecb8e6412f8aeac0e (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2023 20:37 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 19-Dec-2023 00:53 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Phase, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:35 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
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