Piper PA-31-350 accident near Moreland, GA
On September 21, 1999, a Piper PA-31-350 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Moreland, GA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 21, 1999
- Place
- Moreland, GA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31-350 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.280°N, 84.771°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19823
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 21, 1999, about 0522 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-31-350, N27343, registered to Bernhart Aircraft and Equipment Leasing, and operated by Baltimore Air Transport, Inc., as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 positioning flight, collided with trees while making a localizer approach to Newnan-Coweta County Airport, Moreland, Georgia. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Charlotte, North Carolina, the same day, about 0340. Transcripts of radio communications between the pilot of N27343 and the FAA Atlanta Approach Control showed the flight was cleared to performed the localizer approach to runway 32 at Newnan-Coweta County Airport, beginning at 0456:36. At 0504:29, the pilot reported he was performing a missed approach and that he would "like to do one more try." The flight was vectored to the final approach course and was again cleared for a localizer approach to runway 32 at Newnan-Coweta County Airport, beginning at 0516:51. The last recorded communications with the pilot was at 0517:58, when the pilot acknowledged that radar service was terminated and that radio frequency change was approved. (See transcripts of radio communications). Recorded radar data from the FAA Atlanta Approach Control showed the flight performed a localizer runway 32 approach to the Newnan-Coweta County Airport, descending to about 1,500 feet msl. The flight then performed a misse
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the minimum descent altitude while executing a localizer approach. Contributing factors were low ceilings and dark night conditions as well as the trees.
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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.
