CHI67A0124

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Covington, IN · May 13, 1967

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
May 13, 1967
Place
Covington, IN · COVINGTON, IN
Injuries
4 fatal, 1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N6536PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report November 1, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
117870

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0607  67/5/13    COVINGTON,IND       PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1128
        TIME - 0224                    N6536P              PX-  3  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL REPORTED BY IND STATE POLICE LAB-0.17 PCNT-FTLY INJ PAX LVLS-.12-.16 PCT.

Aircraft

Registration
N6536P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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