Piper 32RT-300T N36447
5 December 1982 · Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 5 December 1982 at about 01:05 local time, a Piper 32RT-300T registered N36447, operated by Ginn Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hilton Head
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper 32RT-300T
- Registration
- N36447
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Ginn Air, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hilton Head → Jacksonville
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- ATL83FLG02
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED HE HELD 80 OR 90 KTS INDICATED AND STARTED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A NORMAL CLIMB. DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TREES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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