Cessna TU206B accident near Jasper, GA
On November 8, 1996, a Cessna TU206B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jasper, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 8, 1996
- Place
- Jasper, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna TU206B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.460°N, 84.420°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X07089
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 8, 1996, about 1830 eastern standard time, a Cessna TU206B, N4970F, registered to a private owner, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91, personal flight, impacted with trees while maneuvering, and crashed near Jasper, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot was fatally injured. The flight had departed from Jackson, Tennessee, about 1616, en route to Jefferson, Georgia. At 1600, the pilot of N4970F called the Jackson, Tennessee, AFSS (Automated Flight Service Station) by telephone and requested weather from Jackson to Jefferson. The specialist asked the altitude he was planning to fly at, and the pilot indicated 9,000 or 12,000 feet. The specialist asked what part of Georgia was the city of Jefferson, and pilot told him it was near Athens. The specialist advised the pilot of "occasional moderate turbulence" at 18,000 feet and below, and "occasional moderate rime and mixed icing at 10,000 feet and above, east of Rome, Georgia." In addition, the pilot was advised of convective SIGMET (significant meteorological), addressing a line of thunderstorms from Indianapolis to 30 miles east of Dyersburg, Tennessee. A few isolated echoes (thunderstorms) in southwest Tennessee, and northern Alabama. The pilot was advised of the synopsis and the current weather along the route of flight, including Jackson, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Athens, Georgia. The pilot was also advised of the forecasted weather along the route of flight for Jackson, Chattanooga, Huntsvill
Probable cause
continued flight by the pilot into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain sufficient altitude or clearance from rising/mountainous terrain. The adverse weather and terrain conditions were related factors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
