- Date
- December 23, 1981
- Place
- Wallace, NC · WALLACE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N202DHPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811223084399A
- Case key
- 122932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3087 81/12/23 WALLACE,NC PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1015 TIME - 0400 N202DH PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXFORD,NC MYRTLE BEACH,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FND 1/7/82,APCH PATH,300FT FM RWY.PLT BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL 270MG PCT.PUTREFACTION UNKN,PAX 80MG PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202DH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Henderson
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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.