Docket And Docket Items - National Transportation Safety Board: http://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms
Aviation Accident Data Summary - National Transportation Safety Board: http://app.ntsb.gov/pdf
http://registry.faa.gov/N7422W
Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office: FAA Birmingham FSDO-09
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, November 30, 2014 in Athens, AL
Probable Cause Approval Date: 01/22/2015
Aircraft: PIPER PA 28-180, registration: N7422W
Injuries: 2 Serious.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The airplane was on final approach to land on runway 18, a 2,500-foot-long, turf runway, at a private airstrip. A witness stated that winds were gusting from the south and when the airplane was on short final it began to sink. The airplane's right main landing gear tire struck the top wire of power lines that were located across a road from the airstrip and were perpendicular to the runway. The airplane pitched down and impacted on the runway, about 120 feet to the south, which resulted in substantial damage to the forward portion of the fuselage. The pilot reported he added engine power when he realized that the airplane was descending and that the engine hesitated. He further stated that he did not experience any malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Winds reported at an airport that was located about 11 miles south-southeast of the accident site, around the time of the accident, were from 190 degrees at 21 knots, gusting 26 knots.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude while landing in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a collision with power lines while on final approach.
LIMESTONE COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - Two people were transported to the hospital following a small plane crash in Limestone County.
It happened around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the area of Bill Black Road and New Cut Road.
Officials said two people were on board when the plane went down on approach for landing, hitting power lines in the process. The owner of the air strip where the landing was attempted said the plane caught wind.
According to Federal Aviation Administration documentation, the plane, a fixed-wing, single-engine Piper Cherokee, and built in 1963.
The plane is registered to Max Boone, a doctor from Athens, who was confirmed as the pilot in Sunday's crash. Boone has three years' experience flying, but had only flown with the Piper for three months.
Boone and his wife were transported from the scene and taken by helicopter to Huntsville Hospital.
The extent of their injuries is unknown, however officials said they were both talking when they were airlifted and are expected to be okay.
The FAA will conduct an investigation into the crash.
- Source: http://www.myfoxal.com
LIMESTONE COUNTY, Alabama - The two occupants of a single-engine plane are in critical after it crashed Sunday afternoon.
The Piper Cherokee 180 clipped a power line as it was approaching a landing in the airfield near New Cut Road, about four west of Athens, Owens Assistant Fire Chief Dennis Blakely told AL.com.
Owens Volunteer Fire Department responded to the crash that occurred around 1:20.
The four-seater plane hit the ground nose first. The front end was smashed and the propeller was embedded in the ground. The rest of the plane appeared mostly intact. It did not catch on fire.
The plane was piloted by its owner, Dr. Max Boone, a family practice physician in Athens. His wife was the only passenger. Both were transported by separate helicopters to Huntsville Hospital. They were talking with Owens firefighters before taken away, Blakely said.
Huntsville Hospital has not returned a call for their condition, but The Athens News Courier reported a Huntsville Hospital spokeswoman said both are in critical condition.
Boone kept his plane at the airfield where the crash occurred. The airfield does not have a name and uses an open grass field as a runway.
Parts of New Cut Road have been closed as utility crews work to re-attach the power lines cut by the crash.
As an odd coincidence, 18-year-old, Nick Loggins was killed in a Limestone County plane crash one year ago today. The 2013 crash occurred at 1:19 p.m. near Elkmont.
- Source: http://www.al.com
An Athens couple has been flown to Huntsville by MedEvac and MedFlight after the small plane they were flying in crashed at the end of a private grass airstrip Sunday afternoon.
Both are in critical condition, according to a Huntsville Hospital spokeswoman.
An official at the scene said the passengers in the plane are Dr. Max Boone and his wife, Chris, of Athens. Boone keeps his plane in a hangar at the strip.
A firefighter at the scene, Capt. Dennis Blakely of Owens Volunteer Fire Department, told The News Courier Boone was bringing his Piper Cherokee 180 in for a landing to a private grass landing strip to the south of New Cut Road, just west of S and J Lane, when he struck a power line. The plane struck the ground nose first just short of the landing strip. Witnesses at the scene said there was no fire as a result of the crash. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m.
Blakely said the Federal Aviation Administration was en route to investigate.
Traffic on New Cut Road, in the area of New Cut and Blackburn roads, is shut down as crews work to replace power lines that were damaged as a result of the crash, according to scanner traffic.
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