ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10551
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1975 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: |  North American B-25H-1 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N96GC |
| MSN: | 21337 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dawsonville, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The crew was completing a drug smuggling flight on this aircraft that was carrying 49 bales of marijuana. While flying at low height by night, the crew misjudged the distance to the ground when the airplane hit the side of a high bluff and crashed about half a mile from an open field. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and both crew members were killed.
- Cause :
"Controlled flight into terrain after the crew misjudged altitude and clearance with ground. The following contributing factors were reported:
- Diverted attention from operation of aircraft,
- Unwarranted low flying."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-May-2015 05:58 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Nature] |
| 25-Apr-2019 19:00 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 15:55 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2021 12:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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