Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 N165MA

Summary

On 20 April 1982 at about 14:23 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 registered N165MA, operated by Campbell Taggart Inc., was involved in an accident near Lafayette, Georgia, United States. 7 people were on board and 6 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 April 1982 at 14:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Lafayette, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.7006, -85.2809

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-30

Registration

N165MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Campbell Taggart Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chattanooga → Ft. Payne

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FA110

6 people died.

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

DRG THE WX BRIEFING THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO LOW CEILINGS & POOR VISIBILITY. THE PLT RESPONDED HE HAD TO GO TO FT. PAYNE VFR BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO INSTRUMENT APPROACH. A JEPPESEN US (LO)29 LOW ALT ENROUTE CHART WAS FOUND AT THE WRECKAGE THAT HAD A LINE DRAWN TRAVERSING SW OUT OF THE CHATTANOOGA VOR BETWEEN V-115 & V-115E. THE MEA FOR THESE AIRWAYS WAS 4,000 FT MSL. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THE PLT AS ADVISED THAT TOPS WERE REPORTED 4,500 FT WITH ANOTHER LAYER AT 9,000 FT. THE PLT RESPONDED HE WAS GOING TO FT. PAYNE & THEY HAD NO APPROACH THERE. APPROXIMATELY 2-1/2 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT REPORTED "...LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 1500 IS ALL WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT NOW." ABOUT 7 MIN LATER THE PLT REPORTED THEY WERE STILL VFR BUT MIGHT WANT TO TURN AROUND. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE TOP OF A NORTH/SOUTH RIDGELINEAT AN ELEVATION OF 2,020 FT. THE COPILOT WAS PART OF THE COMPANY'S MANAGEMENT TEAM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.