- Date
- October 29, 1981
- Place
- Powell, TN · POWELL, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6452WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811029070729A
- Case key
- 123721
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2115 81/10/29 POWELL,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 125 TIME - 1125 N6452W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CORRYTON,TN RETURN POWELL,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- HAD HISTORY OF EMOTIONAL PBLMS,DRINKING,& ARRESTS.BLD ALC LVL .129%.ACFT OBSVD DVNG STRT INTO GD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6452W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6452WRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6452W · 1
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