ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13478
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| Date: | Monday 10 July 1978 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N41AC |
| MSN: | 30-366 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Albany, Georgia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marianna Municipal Airport, Marianna, Florida (MAI/KMAI) |
| Atlanta, Georgia (ATL/KATL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) July 10,1978 when crashed near Albany, Georgia: all three person on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident, the aircraft suffered a structural failure in flight whilst flying through thunderstorm conditions:
"TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION
AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT - NORMAL CRUISE
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
FACTOR(S)
WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT OF AIRFRAME STRUCTURE
REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN PILOT LOGBOOK."
Registration N41AC cancelled by the FAA on January 8, 1979
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA78FA103 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=40880&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=41AC
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ga/N41AC/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Mar-2017 18:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
| 27-Mar-2017 20:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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