DEPARTURE: No flight plan filed for predawn IFR departure

摘要

HISTORY OF THE FLIGHT: On July 24, 2019, about 0550 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus SR22 airplane was destroyed when it was involved in an acci- dent near Americus, Georgia. The pilot and the pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot's son, the pilot was heading to Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Oshkosh, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which began on July 22 and ended on July 28. The airplane departed Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (ACJ), Americus, Georgia, about 0547 in night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC); no flight plan was filed. Radar data provided by the FAA showed the airplane's radar track as six radar targets over a span of one minute, with the targets 12 seconds apart. A line connecting each target, as well as the accident site, depicted a 180 degrees left arc. The first target was located about 1,700 feet beyond the departure end of Runway 5 (468 feet elevation) at 900 feet MSL, 432 feet AGL.