- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Hopkinsville, KY · HOPKINSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8227CPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105087099A
- Case key
- 123776
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2079 81/11/5 HOPKINSVILLE,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 832 TIME - 1930 N8227C PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 412 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPKINSVILLE,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL .16PCT.DARK NGT.NONE OF THE SEAT BELTS WERE FASTENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8227C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Christian County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.