ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13862
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| Date: | Friday 7 March 1980 |
| Time: | 19:09 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Jimmy L McCroskey |
| Registration: | N36074 |
| MSN: | 34-7870289 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | John A. Baker Field, Hohenmald, Tennesse (FAA LID: 0M3) |
| Harris County Airport, Pine Mountain, Georgia (PIM/KPIM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) March 7, 1980 when collided with trees at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, due to undershooting on final approach to Harris County Airport, two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Pine Mountain, Georgia. Aircraft was engaged on a VOR-A IFR approach, due to adverse weather conditions (rain, fog, 400 foot cloud ceiling, and visibility of one mile or less)
Pilot reported that he had lost sight of the runway downwind. (Per the official NTSB report "PROBABLE CAUSE(S): PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION)
Of the six persons on board (pilot and five passengers) the pilot and three passengers were killed, and the surviving two passengers were seriously injured. Registration N36074 was belatedly cancelled by the FAA on March 7, 2013 as "expired"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: IAD80FA030 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=32921&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=36074
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ga/N36074/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2017 14:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2017 14:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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