- Date
- March 25, 1976
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO · GRAND JUNCTION, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9003TPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760325009729A
- Case key
- 152933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0769 76/3/25 GRAND JUNCTION,CO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 248 TIME - 0130 N9003T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 149 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALKER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENWOOD SPRINGS,CO GRAND JUNCTION,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- RWY & APCH LTS OFF,AVAIL BY KEYING TSMTR.FREQ MIS-SET.EVIDENCE PLT HAD BEEN DRINKING BFOR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9003T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Walker Field
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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.
Other investigations on N9003T · 1
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