North American T-28C N9719G

Summary

On 2 January 1988 at about 20:30 local time, a North American T-28C registered N9719G was involved in an accident near Woodstock, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 January 1988 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Woodstock, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Air Acres (5GA4)

Coordinates

34.1002, -84.5097

Aircraft

North American T-28C

Registration

N9719G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cartersville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88FA072

2 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

A PLT/WITNESS RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE FIRST FLEW OVER THE ARPT TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED A WINGOVER AT THE NORTH END OF THE ARPT. THE AIRPLANE THEN MADE A HIGH-SPEED PASS OVER THE RWY TO THE SOUTH, AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. UPON REACHING THE SOUTH END OF THE RWY, IT ENTERED INTO A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE AIRPLANE PERFORMED ANOTHER WINGOVER; IT SUBSEQUENTLY DISAPPEARED INTO TREES AS IT RETURNED TO A NORTHERLY HEADING, IN A WINGS-LEVEL, SLIGHT NOSE- DOWN ATTITUDE. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.