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ATL85FA285

1985-09-27 · LAFAYETTE, Georgia, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 9A5

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED IN A TRAILER PARKING LOT AFTER A STEEP LEFT TURN & UNCONTROLLED DESCENT. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. THE RT WING HAD STRUCK A PARKED TRAILER PRIOR TO THE NOSE STRIKING THE GROUND. THE ACC OCCURRED ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 02 AT BARWICK/LAFAYETTE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT & POST CRASH FIRE Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85FA285.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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