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Event ATL84FA147
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BEFORE STARTING AN APCH, THE PLT WAS ADVISED THE WX WAS: 300 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 3/4 MI WITH LIGHT RAIN & FOG. THE MINIMUMS FOR A STRAIGHT-IN VOR APCH TO RWY 2 WERE 400 FT MDA & 1 MI VISIBILITY; FOR A CIRCLING APCH, THE MINIMUMS WERE 433 FT & 1 MI. THE PLT TOLD ATLANTA CENTER THAT HE WOULD TRY THE APCH TO ATHENS 1 TIME. HE INITIATED THE APCH TO RWY 2. WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT CROSS THE ARPT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, ENTER LOW CLOUDS, THEN HEARD WHAT THEY INTERPRETED TO BE A RIGHT TURN. THEY THEN SAW THE ACFT DESCENDING IN A RIGHT TURN & DISAPPEAR BEHIND BUILDINGS. IT CRASHED 57 FT EAST OF RWY 2/20. THE SERIOUSLY INJURED PLT COULD NOT RECALL THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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