Beechcraft D-55 N478MP

Summary

On 22 April 1987 at about 07:00 local time, a Beechcraft D-55 registered N478MP, operated by Arline Academy, Inc., was involved in an accident near Leesburg, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 April 1987 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Leesburg, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

31.7306, -84.1704

Aircraft

Beechcraft D-55

Registration

N478MP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Arline Academy, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tallahassee → Griffin

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL87FA122

1 person 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

DURING A RETURN FLIGHT AT NIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE IMPACT DISPLACED THE WING ASSEMBLY REARWARD PERPENDICULARLY THROUGH THE REAR SPAR ASSEMBLY. BOTH ENGINE AND PROPELLER ASSEMBLIES WERE BURIED IN THE GROUND ABOUT THREE FEET. THE INVESTIGATION FAILED TO INDICATE ANY AIRCRAFT PROBLEMS. THE PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SURRENDERING HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE FOR A PREVIOUS AVIATION VIOLATION. THE PILOT'S STATE DRIVERS LICENSE WAS ALSO SUSPENDED FOR A MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATION. RECORDS INDICATED HE HAD RECEIVED 17 MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS SINCE 1975.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.