ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22926
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 September 2008 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3029Y |
| MSN: | 32-7940096 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5760 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 miles NNW of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta, GA (PDK) |
| Coldwater, MI (OEB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The day prior to the accident, the 5,000-hour pilot flew his Beechcraft from Michigan to Georgia in order to rendezvous with a Piper flown in from Florida, with the intent of taking the Piper in trade for the Beechcraft. Shortly after the two airplanes arrived at the Georgia airport, the Beechcraft pilot conducted a pre-buy examination of the Piper, which lasted about 1 hour, and the airplane exchange was concluded later that day. The following day, the pilot was observed to preflight the Piper, and to taxi it from the ramp for departure about 45 minutes after he arrived at the airplane. Eight minutes later, the airplane was cleared for takeoff, and for about 90 seconds, the airplane climbed out at approximately 500 feet per minute (fpm). The pilot then declared an emergency, and requested a return to the airport. While executing the turn back toward the airport, the airplane entered a descent of approximately 2,600 fpm, and impacted trees and terrain in a residential neighborhood about 1-3/4 miles from the airport. Some exterior portions of the airplane skin exhibited an unusual oil coating, but this was determined to be a result of the impact sequence. No evidence of any pilot medical issues, or airplane anomalies such as opened doors or loose panels, that may have prompted the pilot's decision to return, or resulted in the airplane's rapid descent, was discovered.
Probable Cause: A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=3029Y
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2008 03:13 | agentfazexx | Added |
| 24-Sep-2008 07:00 | harro | Updated |
| 25-Sep-2008 11:52 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 30-Sep-2008 11:32 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Oct-2017 17:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2017 12:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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