The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Atlanta, Georgia
Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board:
Accident Number: ERA21LA382
Date & Time: September 23, 2021, 11:24 Local
Registration: N79RW
Aircraft: WYDER ROBERT G MARQUART MA5
Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: WYDER ROBERT G
Registration: N79RW
Model/Series: MARQUART MA-5
Aircraft Category: Airplane
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Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
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Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
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Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries:
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 None
Latitude, Longitude: 31.204444,-82.395556 (est)
Video of rescue, pilot had to wait for the bucket truck:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/R7wPqYB-2Ao
Photo of N79RW:
https://www.biplaneforum.com/media/n79rw.7211/
Specs:
http://marquartcharger.org/specs.html
ADS-B tracks show flight was from Ormond beach and included one orbit around the South Georgia State College campus right before getting snared by the power lines:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79RW
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=aab738&lat=31.211&lon=-82.396&zoom=14.4&showTrace=2021-09-23&trackLabels
Preliminary report has no content. Was he out of fuel after coming up from Ormond? Oh, well...
ReplyDeletehttps://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103980/pdf