Piper PA-38-112 N2490P

Summary

On 24 August 1983 at about 09:45 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2490P, operated by Bearcreek Aviation, was involved in an accident near Lexington, Georgia, 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.

Date

24 August 1983 at 09:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lexington, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

33.8699, -83.1092

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2490P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bearcreek Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hampton → Monroe

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FA339

1 person was seriously injured.

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 PLT WAS ON A CABLE PATROL/AERIAL OBSERVATION MISSION. WHILE PATROLLING, HE MISSED A TURN IN THE CABLE ROUTE & TURN TO RELOCATE IT. AFTER RELOCATING THE ROUTE, HE LOOKED BACK TO OBSERVE A PORTION THAT HE HAD MISSED & SAW A LOGGING OPERATION. THE PLT TURNED AGAIN TO BETTER OBSERVE THE ACTIVITY, THEN STARTED TO REPORT ITS LOCATION BY USING A HAND HELD RADIO. HE THEN DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION TO A SHEET OF PAPER IN THE RIGHT SEAT TO OBTAIN THE PROPER FREQUENCY NUMBER. WHEN HE LOOKED UP, HE SAW A BIG TREE, JUST BEFORE IMPACT. THE LEFT WING OF THE ACFT HIT THE TREE, THEN THE ACFT CRASHED & BURNED. THE ACFT WAS A BACKUP PLANE & DID NOT HAVE PANEL MOUNTED AIR-TO-GROUND RADIOS FOR CABLE PATROL REPORTING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.