Piper PA-32-300 accident near Calhoun, GA
On May 5, 2003, a Piper PA-32-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Calhoun, GA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 5, 2003
- Place
- Calhoun, GA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.546°N, 85.064°W
- NTSB ID
- 20030516X00678
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 5, 2003, approximately 1330 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-300, N32038, registered to and operated by a commercial pilot, collided with trees on Horn Mountain near, Calhoun, Georgia. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with a flight plan filed but not activated. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the pilot and pilot rated passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Campbell County Airport, Jacksboro, Tennessee, on May 5, 2003, at 1120 central daylight time. At 0609 on May 5, 2003, the pilot of N32038, telephoned the Anniston Flight Service Station to file two instrument flight plans and obtain a weather briefing for a flight from Geneva, Alabama (33J) to Jacksboro, Tennessee (JAU), and back to Geneva, Alabama. Approximately 1608, the pilot radioed the Nashville Flight Service Station and stated that he had an instrument flight plan on file from JAU to 33J, and inquired about picking up the instrument clearance enroute over Rome (RMG), Georgia. The pilot was advised numerous times about the adverse weather conditions along his route of travel. He was also advised that visual flight rules could not be maintain from JAU to RMG, and there were tornado watches active. The pilot stated that he would be still be departing shortly after the phone call with the Anniston Flight Service Station. The flight was due back in (33J) on May 5, 2003, approximately 1500 central daylight time but never arrived. The pilot made no r
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing, which would have indicated that MVFR to IFR conditions prevailed over the route with embedded thunderstorms and rain, and his decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the flight impacting terrain.
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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.
