ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38464
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| Date: | Monday 12 April 1999 |
| Time: | 14:10 LT |
| Type: | Piper PA-16 |
| Owner/operator: | Mitchell S. Freitag |
| Registration: | N5796H |
| MSN: | 16-413 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3278 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hardeeville, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Simon Isl, GA (KSSI) |
| Wilgrove, NC (8A6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot transmitted that he was encountering 'pretty bad' clear air turbulence at his assigned altitude and requested a lower altitude from the military approach radar controller. The controller gave the pilot a turn because of conflicting traffic, and while in the turn the pilot transmitted that turbulence was now 'severe'. He made another garbled transmission that sounded as if he was saying, 'headed down' or 'going down'. He disappeared from the radar scope and the wreckage was found later, having impacted the ground on a tree preserve about 13 miles northeast of the Savannah VOR. No evidence of any precrash failure or malfunction could be found with the airplane's engine or airframe, or their components.
Probable Cause: An inflight loss of control for undetermined reasons while in a descent and the subsequent collision with the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA99FA125
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 12:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 07:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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