N96GC

On June 3, 1975 at 02:00 AM, N96GC experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Dawsonville Georgia.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a drug smuggling flight on this aircraft that was carrying 49 bales of marijuana. While flying at low height by night, the crew misjudged the distance with ground when the airplane hit the side of a high bluff and crashed about half a mile from an open field. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and both crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N96GC, MSN 100-21337, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.4212°, -84.1191°.