- Date
- November 1, 1968
- Place
- Sand Point, AK · SAND POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4021WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107588
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4132 68/11/1 SAND POINT,ALAS PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 47, TIME - 1600 N4021W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 10 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAND POINT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PLT ADMITTED HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4021W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sand Point
N4021WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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