- Date
- April 1, 1965
- Place
- Robert Lee, TX · ROBERT LEE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8996CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0119 65/4/1 ROBERT LEE TEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3000 TIME - 1600 N8996C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ALCOHOL VALUE IN HIGH AREA OF CONFUSION OVERLAPPING INTO STUPOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8996C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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