19790318017149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Camden, SC · March 18, 1979

Date
March 18, 1979 · 15:20 local
Place
Camden, SC
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6920W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA057
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
53 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot had been drinking. Lost control of plane. Missed landing on road, hit bank and was killed. Plane demolished.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD BEEN DRINKING. LOST CONTROL OF PLANE. MISSED LANDING ON ROAD, HIT BANK AND WAS KILLED. PLANE DEMOLISHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.