Cessna 500 accident near Marietta, GA
On March 24, 2017, a Cessna 500 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Marietta, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 24, 2017
- Place
- Marietta, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 500 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.100°N, 84.320°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170324X05532
Official records · ERA17FA135
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Transcript: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 24, 2017, at 1924 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 500, N8DX, collided with terrain in a residential neighborhood near Marietta, Georgia. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Shelter Charter Services Inc., which was operating the airplane as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. Visual meteorological conditions existed near the accident site at the time of the accident. The flight was operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The flight originated from Cincinnati Airport–Lunken Field (LUK), Cincinnati, Ohio, about 1812, and was destined for Fulton County Airport–Brown Field (FTY), Atlanta, Georgia. The pilot, who was based in Atlanta, was returning home from a business trip. The airplane was equipped with a cockpit voice recorder (CVR); the recording started about 1853. The air traffic control (ATC) transcript showed that, at 1851:36, when the airplane was level at 23,000 ft, a controller with the Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) advised the pilot of an amendment to his original flight plan. Ten seconds later, the controller provided new routing information. The controller repeated the new routing at 1852:50 and 1855:17, and the pilot correctly read back the information at 1855:25. The airplane was equipped with a Garmin GTN 750 unit that provided navigation, radio tuning, and other capabilities. Aural clicks and the sound of knobs turning were heard on the CVR consistent with the pilot attempting
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while manually flying the airplane, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inability control the airplane without the aid of the autopilot.
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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.
