- Date
- September 1, 1966
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8115PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0880 66/9/1 FORT WAYNE IND PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0001 N8115P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 3576 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 156 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PILOT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.13 PERCENT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOSS OF CRITICAL JUDGMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8115P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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