North American T-28C accident near Woodstock, Georgia, January 2, 1988
On January 2, 1988 at about 8:30 pm local time, a North American T-28C, registered N9719G, was destroyed in an accident near Woodstock, Georgia (Air Acres airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 2 people were killed. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 2, 1988 · about 8:30 pm local time · cases in 1988
- Place
- Woodstock, Georgia · Air Acres · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 2 people were killed.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- North American T-28C · all T-28Cs on the register
- Registration
- N9719G · no longer on the register · serial 140062
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
A PLT/WITNESS RPTD THAT THE AIRPLANE FIRST FLEW OVER THE ARPT TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PERFORMED A WINGOVER AT THE NORTH END OF THE ARPT. THE AIRPLANE THEN MADE A HIGH-SPEED PASS OVER THE RWY TO THE SOUTH, AT ABOUT 50 FT AGL. UPON REACHING THE SOUTH END OF THE RWY, IT ENTERED INTO A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE AIRPLANE PERFORMED ANOTHER WINGOVER; IT SUBSEQUENTLY DISAPPEARED INTO TREES AS IT RETURNED TO A NORTHERLY HEADING, IN A WINGS-LEVEL, SLIGHT NOSE- DOWN ATTITUDE. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-EXISTING MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land
- Flight time: 421 hours in all; 55 in this make and model; 32 in the last 90 days; 11 in the last 30 days; 294 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,013 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 17, 1987; 49 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 11,000 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Wright R-1820-86 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 6A0 Cartersville GA at 8:00 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 18, 2,100 ft by 100 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 8,000 ft; scat at 2,500 ft
- Temperature: 50°F (10°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 7:52 pm from FTY, 20 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N9719G: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- North American T-28 206 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- North American 1,297 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Wright R-1820-86 22 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Air Acres Airport · nearest airport
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,138 since 1982 · 361 in the last ten years
- Georgia 8,807 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ATL88FA072.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.