- Date
- June 6, 1980
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36839Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800606018429A
- Case key
- 130842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 80/6/6 SOUTH BEND,IN PIPER PA32RT CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 220 TIME - 0443 N36839 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICHIANA REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANPOLIS,IN SOUTH BEND,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: APPROACH LIGHTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL-0.156%.PLT RPRTD IN TURB & DISORIENTED.HIT TREES DRG BASE TURN ON DARK NGT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36839
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Michiana Regional
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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