Piper PA-32R-301 accident near Euharlee, GA
On September 21, 2004, a Piper PA-32R-301 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Euharlee, GA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 21, 2004
- Place
- Euharlee, GA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32R-301 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.171°N, 84.924°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040924X01489
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 21, 2004, at 1932 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N801SP, registered to Letch Properties, Inc., and operated by Aero Atlanta Flight Center, broke apart in flight while maneuvering in the vicinity of a private airstrip in Euharlee, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The two certificated flight instructors received fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local flight departed Cobb County - McCollum Field, Kennesaw, Georgia, about 1915 on September 21, 2004. According to the president of Aero Atlanta Flight Center, the purpose of the flight was for one flight instructor to provide a "check-out" flight to the second flight instructor, so that the second flight instructor could begin training students in the PA-32R-301. The flight center president stated that such a flight would typically include the performance of normal and emergency procedures, landings, slow flight, stalls, and steep turns. A witness outside about two miles from the accident site reported hearing an airplane engine noise that sounded "wide open." He stated he has heard other airplanes maneuver in the area before, and this noise was the "highest revving sound" he has ever heard. He stated he then heard two very loud pops, then there was silence. The witness looked for the airplane but did not see it. A pilot and mechanic-rated witness reported he "heard the engine slow down then speed up and start popping, then [it]
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the airplane, which resulted in the pilot exceeding the design limits of the airplane and subsequent in-flight separation.
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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.
