ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39634
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 February 1999 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32RT-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Jerrold P. Johnson |
| Registration: | N21724 |
| MSN: | 32R 7885261 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3086 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cartersville, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marietta, GA (KRYY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness observed the airplane flying 'very low' towards the Cartersville Airport, Cartersville, Georgia, when she heard the engine quit, and observed the airplane nose down and crash into the trees. Witnesses at the Cartersville Airport stated that the accident airplane never contacted them on their Unicom frequency. The airplane impacted into a wooded field about 1.6 miles northeast of the airport. The impact destroyed the airplane, scattering debris for about 700 feet on a southeast heading. Several large diameter trees were broken, or cut and components of the airplane were hanging in branches of surrounding trees. Residents adjacent to the field reported smelling a strong odor of fuel shortly after the crash. During the teardown inspection of the engine there were no pre-impact discrepancies found, nor were there any pre-impact discrepancies found with the airframe. The autopsy and toxicology reports were also non-conclusive.
Probable Cause: In flight collision with terrain for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL99FA048
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 25-Nov-2017 17:50 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 09:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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