Beechcraft 58 N303RA

Summary

On 15 December 2023 at about 20:33 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N303RA was involved in an accident near Griffin, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 December 2023 at 20:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Griffin, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Brook Bridge Aerodrome (8GA9)

Coordinates

33.2754, -84.4127

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N303RA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1974

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Macon → Griffin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA085

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s misidentification of a taxiway as the intended runway, which resulted in a collision with a utility pole and trees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that his intended destination airport was Cedar Ridge Airport (GA62), Griffin, GA, but due to misidentification of the airport while airborne, he landed at Brook Bridge Aerodrome (8GA9), Vaughn, GA. He reported that he did not realize he was approaching the wrong airport until he was “too low and too slow.” The airplane touched down on a shared taxiway/driveway before impacting a utility pole with the left wing. Subsequently, the airplane spun and impacted trees resulting in substantial damage to the left wing, nose structure, and right wing. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.